Basic and Advanced Bronchoscopy Skills

Overview

This session is an excellent opportunity for any health-care professional interested in basic and advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy. Participants can assess their current skills and learn new skills in a stress-free environment supervised by faculty members with expertise in bronchoscopy. A significant portion of the course will be dedicated to learning endobronchial ultrasound and its application in real-time guidance of transbronchial needle aspiration.

Each participant will have the opportunity to:

• Assess and enhance basic bronchoscopy skills.
• Perform flexible bronchoscopy on a simulator with a wide range of tasks.
• Practice the skills of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) using a separate airway model station.
• Discuss bronchoscopy complications and practice the placement of endobronchial blockers on an airway model.
• Learn about bronchoscopy in the difficult patient and practice intubation over the bronchoscope on an airway model.
• Learn about endobronchial ultrasound and practice its use in real-time guidance of TBNA on a simulator and airway model.

Who Should Attend?

• Pulmonary and critical care and thoracic surgery fellows and physicians/intensivists
• Physician assistants and nurse practioners

Objectives

• Practice the skills of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) using a separate airway model station.
• Discuss bronchoscopy complications, and practice the placement of endobronchial blockers on an airway model.
• Learn about bronchoscopy in the difficult patient, and practice intubation over the bronchoscope on an airway model.
• Learn about endobronchial ultrasound, and practice its use in real-time guidance of TBNA on a simulator and airway model.

Agenda

Saturday, August 1

7:30 am - 8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome and Course Overview

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Test, Demographics, and Self-Assessment Surveys

8:30 am - 9:00 am
A Refresher on the Anatomy of the Bronchial Tree and Surrounding Structures

9:00 am - 9:30 am
Transbronchial Lung Biopsy: Decreasing Risk and Optimizing Results

9:30 am - 10:00 am
Dealing With Bronchoscopy Complications (With a Focus on Bleeding)

10:00 am - 10:15 am
Questions and Answers

10:15 am - 10:30 am
Break

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Radiographic-Bronchoscopic Correlation: How To Select Patients and Maximize Yield

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Atlas of Bronchoscopic Findings: Description and Interpretation

11:30 am - 11:45 am
Questions and Answers

11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch

12:30 am - 1:00 pm
Improving Your Yield of Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Bronchoscopy in the Difficult Patient (Severe Asthma and COPD, Morbid Obesity, Brain Masses/Edema, Cardiac Ischemia, and Unstable Airways)

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Break

1:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Hands-on Stations
Bronchoscopy Simulators

• TBNA on Bronchoscopy Simulator
• TBNA on Airway Models
• Special Bronchoscopy Maneuvers
• Intubation Over the Bronchoscope
• Endobronchial Blockers

 

Sunday, August 2

7:30 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Basics of Endoscopic Ultrasound

8:30 am - 9:00 am
Endobronchial Ultrasound: Guidance of TBNA

9:00 am - 9:30 am
The Role of Combined EBUS-EUS in the Staging of Lung Cancer

9:30 am - 9:45 am
Break

9:45 am - 12:30 pm
Hands-on Session

• EBUS-TBNA
• EBUS Simulator
• Meet the Expert: Case Discussion

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Skills Test

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Wrap-up

CME Information

ACCP Learning Categories
ACCP Learning Categories organize all ACCP education activities based on how education is delivered to promote a wider variety of educational methods. The sessions presented during Basic and Advanced Bronchoscopy Skills With a Focus on Endobronchial Ultrasound are clearly labeled to identify the type of instruction and methodology used, so you can determine how the presentation will meet your learning style and educational goals. ACCP Learning Categories have no predetermined requirements and will automatically be reflected on the ACCP's online CME certificate. The six learning categories include:

ACCP Learning Category I: Lecture-Based
ACCP Learning Category II: Self-Directed
ACCP Learning Category III: Evidence-Based
ACCP Learning Category IV: Case- and Problem-Based
ACCP Learning Category V: Simulation
ACCP Learning Category VI: Quality Improvement

Maintenance of Licensure
The ACCP Learning Categories are further subcategorized into "Maintenance of Licensure" (MOL) areas. The subcategorization is very helpful for applying CME to state requirements. All of the sessions in this program are subcategorized as MOL: Scope of Practice-Critical Care Education.

CME Statement
CME Hours by ACCP
The ACCP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.71 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Statement
The ACCP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Disclosure Statement
The ACCP remains strongly committed to providing the best available evidence-based clinical information to participants of this educational activity and requires an open disclosure of any potential conflict of interest identified by our faculty members. It is not the intent of the ACCP to eliminate all situations of potential conflict of interest but rather to enable those who are working with the ACCP to recognize situations that may be subject to question by others. All disclosed conflicts of interest are reviewed by the educational activity course director/chair, the Education Committee, or the Conflict of Interest Review Committee to ensure that such situations are properly evaluated and, if necessary, resolved. The ACCP educational standards pertaining to conflict of interest are intended to maintain the professional autonomy of the clinical experts inherent in promoting a balanced presentation of science. Through our review process, all ACCP CME activities are ensured of independent, objective, scientifically balanced presentations of information. Disclosure of any or no relationships will be made available on-site during all educational activities.

Faculty

Momen Wahidi, MD, FCCP, Chair

Registration

Tuition by Category
ACCP Member (Physician and/or Doctoral)	$950
Nonmember (Physician and/or Doctoral)	$1,030
ACCP Allied Health Member	$750
Allied Health Nonmember (Nonphysician/Nondoctoral/Nonstudent)	$1,030
Affiliate Member	$750
Physician-in-Training (verification required)	$950

Your tuition fee includes attendance at all course sessions, the course syllabus, and refreshments during the course.

Cancellation Policy Statement
As space is limited for participation, no refunds will be given within 30 days of the course dates. Prior to that time, requests received in writing will receive a refund less a $50 processing fee.

To register by phone, please contact ACCP Customer Relations.
(800) 343-2227 or +1 (847) 498-1400

Hotel and Travel

Northbrook is a northern suburb of Chicago and home to the ACCP and the ACCP Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Education. It is a short distance north of O’Hare International Airport and the site of several nationally recognized hotels, all within close proximity of the simulation center. Many nearby restaurants, shopping centers, and area attractions—along with the ease of getting around—make Northbrook an attractive destination for travelers.

Housing Accommodations

For reservations, call (847) 945-3400, and request the group rate of $55/night for the American College of Chest Physicians no less than 2 weeks prior to the course. Included in this rate are a complimentary breakfast at the hotel and complimentary shuttle to and from the hotel and the ACCP.