Lauren Jenkinson, R.Kin - Cardiac Rehab

Lauren Jenkinson is a R.Kin and CSEP Clinical Exercise Physiologist working as a cardiac rehab supervisor at UHN Toronto Rehab's Cardiovascular  Prevention and Rehabilitation Program. Lauren graduated from University of Guelph and then Humber College from ELSM Program. She thrives when helping patients create realistic, long lasting, and enjoyable healthy behaviour change. Her passion is to help others live a fulfilling and healthy life in the most thorough way possible. Through her experiences and education in kinesiology she empower's people to harness their potential to make positive changes to their lifestyle. She was also the host for the inaugural season of The CSEP Podcast, focused on mentorship in the field of health & fitness. 

In this episode, we talk about her role as a cardiac rehab supervisor, her experience as podcast host at CSEP and the advocacy we need as kins to let people know what we do.

Show Notes

01’ - Wrote first exam in 2013

02’ - Told taking kin to become a physio is not the best choice (super competitive)

05’ - Humber College for ESLM

08’ - Volunteering to keep your foot in the door.

11’ - Role as a Cardiac Rehab Supervisor

18’ - Difference between Cardiac Rehab role and Clinical Kin role

24’ - CSEP Podcast Host for Season 1 - Mentorship

29’ - Overall Experience as a Kinesiologist

31’ - Using exercise to break stress 

36’ - Future of Kinesiology of a profession - Virtual care of a more cost effective method - Kin very versatile in chronic disease or preventive. 

41’ - Advocacy to start the convo about what a kinesiologist does.

44’ - Advice for R.Kins and Kinesiology students

52’ - Timing is super important for opportunities, but keep trying

Lauren LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-jenkinson-78581251/

Spencer LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spennyraposo/

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