COPD Course
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Course Faculty

Bill Galvin
MSEd,RRT,CPFT, AE-C, FAARC
Gwynedd Mercy College
Gwynedd Valley, PA

Karen L. Gregory
MS, APRN-BC, CNS, RRT, AE-C
Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic
Oklahoma City, OK

Mary Hart
RRT, AE-C
Martha Foster Lung Care Center Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Tom Kallstrom
BS, RRT, AE-C, FAARC
American Association for Respiratory Care
Irving, TX

Patricia B. Koff MEd, RRT
University of Colorado Hospital Aurora, Colorado

Robert A. Sandhaus, MD, PhD, FCCP
Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Health Medical Director, AlphaNet and Alpha-1 Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee, COPD Foundation

 


Agenda

Wednesday, May 6

8:00 A.M.–8:15 A.M.
Course Overview

8:15 A.M.–9:00 A.M.
COPD Overview

9:00 A.M.–9:30 A.M.
Communication: Assuring It Is Clear, Complete, Concise, Convincing, Credible and Culturally-Sensitive

9:30 A.M.
Break

9:45 A.M.–10:30 A.M.
Assessment of COPD

10:30 A.M.–11:15 A.M.
Medications and Personalized Management

11:15 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Prescribing Oxygen: The Right Dose-The Right Device

12:00 P.M.
Lunch (on your own)

1:00 P.M.–1:45 P.M.
Patient Education: It’s More Then Telling People About Their Disease

1:45 P.M.–2:15 P.M.
Tobacco Cessation: The What, Why, and How

2:15 P.M.
Break

2:30 P.M.–3:30 P.M.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Living with COPD

3:30 P.M.–3:50 P.M.
Exacerbation Management at Home: “I Don’t Want to be Hospitalized!”

3:50 P.M.–4:15 P.M.
Management of COPD:  The Transition from Hospital to Home

4:15 P.M.–5:00 P.M.
Resource Review and Panel Discussion


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