COPD: What Really Works?

Overview and Objectives

This intensive 1-day hands-on workshop will cover best practices in COPD management. By creating an experimental learning environment through video and interactive lectures, facilitated case-studies, and hands-on sessions on proper spirometry techniques, attendees will leave the course with practical skills and knowledge that can positively impact the quality of life and outcome of their patients with COPD.

• Treatment Strategies to Improve Quality of Life
• Performing Spirometry
• Coding and Interpretation of Spirometry
• Proper Metered-Dose Inhaler Techniques

Learn from a multidisciplinary course faculty consisting of board-certified pulmonary and primary care specialists, advance practice nurses, respiratory therapists, and certified pulmonary function technologists.

Who should attend?

• Family medicine physicians
• Internal medicine physicians
• Advance practice nurses
• Physician assistants

After taking this course, learners will be able to:

• Recognize the clinical factors that identify patients at risk for COPD.
• Translate best evidence-based recommendations for COPD into clinical practice.
• Apply best practice recommendations for COPD in different clinical scenarios.

"This course was an excellent workshop on best practices related to the care of the patient with COPD. It was full of helpful resources for patient education. The interactive and hands-on portions were well developed and facilitated the learning of practical skills and knowledge in working with patients with COPD. If you work with any patients with COPD, do not miss this course!"

Patricia Keane, PhD, CNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
Mount Vernon, OH
Attendee, September 26, 2009, Northbrook, IL

Sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Academy of Nurse Practioners.
Supported by unrestriced educational grants from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., and GlaxoSmithKline.

Agenda

7:30 am - 8:00 am Registration and Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:15 am Introduction to the Course/Icebreaker

8:15 am - 8:30 am Self-Assessment and Pretest

8:30 am - 9:05 am Best Practices in COPD: Video Demonstration and Group Discussion
ACCP Learning Category IV: Case-and Problem-Based Learning

9:05 am - 9:40 am Identifying Patient Populations
ACCP Learning Category I: Lecture-Based

9:40 am - 9:55 am Break

9:55 am - 10:40 am Confirming Diagnosis Through Spirometry
ACCP Learning Category I: Lecture-Based

10:40 am - 11:40 am Treatment Strategies and Practical Considerations
ACCP Learning Category I: Lecture-Based

11:40 am - 12:30 pm Working Lunch and Discussion on Inhalers (20 min)
ACCP Learning Category I: Lecture-Based

12:30 pm - 3:45 pm Afternoon Workshops (60 min each, groups will rotate)

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Break

Simulated Patient Cases
ACCP Learning Category V: Simulation

Pulmonary Function Testing
ACCP Learning Category V: Simulation

Application of Spirometry
ACCP Learning Category IV: Case- and Problem-Based Learning

3:45 pm - 3:55 pm Break

3:55 pm - 4:15 pm Self Assessment and Posttest

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Wrap-up and Discussion of Performance Improvement Project: Phase II

CME/CE Info

Categories
Categories organize all ACCP education activities based on how education is delivered to promote a wider variety of educational methods. The sessions presented during this conference 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. Categories have no predetermined requirements and will automatically be reflected on the ACCP’s new online CME certificate. The six learning categories include:

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

CME Statement
CME Hours by ACCP
The ACCP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Individuals should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours by Other Organizations
This program is approved for 6.75 contact hours of continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0906236.

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.

Locations and Registration

The ACCP is pleased to offer this exciting educational opportunity in a city near you.

Members and nonmember $49 Your tuition fee includes the course syllabus, ACCP Smoking Cessation Toolkit, COPD Pocket Guide, continental breakfast, and lunch.

Cancellation Policy Statement As space is limited for participation, tuition refund requests for this course must be received in writing 2 weeks prior to the course for a full refund less a $10 processing fee. No refunds will be available after 2 weeks prior to the course.