COPD 2009
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 Educational Aims
After completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Screen patients at risk for COPD.
- Discuss the diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of COPD, including current diagnostic criteria, outpatient pharmacological management and oxygen therapy, counseling and coordination of care and management of acute exacerbations requiring hospitalization.
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| FEBRUARY 3: ABC of COPD  (2 grades, 1 comment)
B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy) | | | |  | |  |  | | | | | | FEBRUARY 10: Physiology and exercise capacity in COPD  (2 grades, 1 comment)
P. Palange (Rome, Italy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | FEBRUARY 17: Systemic involvement and co-morbidities (3 grades, 0 comment)
W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) | | | | | | | | | | | | | FEBRUARY 24: A comprehensive and up-to-date pharamacologic approach of COPD (2 grades, 1 comment)
R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany) | | | | | | | | | | | | | MARCH 3: Non-pharmacological options for COPD patients (1 grade, 1 comment)
M. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom) | | | | | | | | | | | | | MARCH 10: Exacerbations of COPD (4 grades, 0 comment)
N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece) | | | | | | | | | | | | | MARCH 17: End-stage COPD and ethical issues (1 grade, 1 comment)
S. Nava (Pavia, Italy) | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| SYNCHRONOUS WEB CONFERENCES |
| Online live lectures closely simulate a class meeting. With this approach the speaker can interact with the audience similar to classroom teaching. All participants can hear the speech of the presenter and simultaneously see the slides. If the Computer is equipped with a microphone participants can ask questions or discuss with the other participants. Alternatively, questions can be posed by text chat. |
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| ORGANISER |
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B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy)
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| TARGET AUDIENCE |
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The main target audience is trainees in respiratory medicine, internists, internal medicine residents, pulmonary medicine specialists and advanced practice nurses who participate in the screening, diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related disorders.
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| CME ACCREDITATION |
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The ERS School web-based Course on COPD 2009 is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP). The ERS designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 7 European hours of credit. Each live lecture has been accredited for 1 hour of CME credits. Credits are only granted for the participation during the live event, not for viewing the recorded presentation.
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