DATE: April 3, 2025 at 1 pm ET
PRESENTER: Jessica M. Brown, PhD; Carroll University
BRIEF SUMMARY
During this webinar we will discuss the importance of adhering to core exercise principles—individuality, progressive overload, specificity, and reversibility. Likewise, the integration of behavior change strategies are necessary to foster long-term self-efficacy, ensuring patients maintain exercise habits after program completion. A phased rehabilitation model (Brown’s Phase Program) ensures systematic progression, guiding patients from initial stabilization to long-term independent exercise adherence. This structure enhances program efficacy, optimizes patient outcomes, and increases adherence to exercise beyond the formal rehabilitation setting. We will provide actionable strategies to refine cancer rehabilitation programs, ultimately improving patient care and advancing the field toward broader medical integration and insurance reimbursement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the physiological benefits of exercise for cancer survivors and how structured exercise programs mitigate the adverse effects of cancer and its treatments.
- Identify the key components of a high-quality cancer rehabilitation program, emphasizing the importance of medical integration, structured assessments, individualized exercise prescription, and low patient-to-clinician ratios to enhance efficacy.
- Demonstrate the application of exercise principles (individuality, progressive overload, specificity, and reversibility) in designing safe and effective rehabilitation programs for cancer survivors.
- Understand the benefits of a phased model (Brown’s Phase Program) to systematically progress patients through rehabilitation, ensuring adherence to best practices and improved clinical outcomes.
COST
CECs: 1 (one) CEC
RECORDING: This event will be recorded. Access to a recording of this event will be available to all who register for 3 months after the event.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Dr. Jessica M. Brown serves as Associate Professor of Exercise Science with a focus on applied clinical practice. She currently teaches courses at both the undergraduate, Exercise Science, and graduate, Exercise Physiology levels. Dr. Brown’s teaching and research center largely on the use of prescriptive exercise to attenuate the deleterious side-effects and toxicities associated with cancer and its treatments. She also investigates the therapeutic effects of exercise for those diagnosed with chronic diseases. Her proprietary exercise model, the Phase Program is widely used in cancer rehabilitation facilities worldwide and earned Paper of the Year from the Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. She pioneered the Carroll University Rehabilitative Exercise (CURE) Clinic, an experiential learning-based exercise program serving the community, because—Exercise is Medicine!