PG10 Self management in chronic respiratory disease

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: M. Partridge (London, United Kingdom)
Aims: Today, there is a greater emphasis than ever on facilitating the patient to take an active role in their own disease management. Programmes exist for the ?expert patient? as well as many varieties of self management education, both disease specific and generic. This course aims to unravel what is meant by self management, for whom it does and does not work, as well as the evidence behind the various models and strategies available.

HERMES syllabus links: D.1: Pulmonary function testing; H.3: Paediatric respiratory medicine; Paediatric Syllabus.
Type of course: Lecture and problem based
Level: Intermediate

General outline, history and current application of self management T. Effing (Blackwood Sa, Australia)
Why is replication of outcomes in COPD such a challenge? J. Bourbeau (Montreal, Canada)
Understanding the different physiology behind breathlessness due to obstructive and restrictive lung diseases G. Scano (Firenze, Italy)
Practical non-pharmacological management for the breathless patient J. Bott (Chertsey, United Kingdom)