PG20 State of the art in pulmonary rehabilitation
Postgraduate CourseChairs: I. Vogiatzis (Athens, Greece), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Aims: Pulmonary rehabilitation has grown out of its infancy. This course aims at: researchers in pulmonary rehabilitation to the important research questions for the next decade; getting insight into concepts that may be relevant to pulmonary rehabilitation from world experts outside the field (doping behavioral); and focusing on newly available methods to tackle clinical and research questions for both clinicians and scientists in this field.
HERMES syllabus links: A.1.3: Physiology; B.1.4: COPD; E.1.14: Pulmonary rehabilitation; F.6: Multidisciplinary teamwork; I.6: Psychological consequences of chronic respiratory disease.
Type of course: Lecture based and evidence based.
Level: Intermediate.