PG22 Postgraduate Course: Developing pulmonary rehabilitation in non-COPD patients

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), R. Casaburi (Rancho Palos Verdes, United States of America)
Aims: The main aims of the course will be to examine the current evidence base for non-COPD based rehabilitation, enable delegates to develop services for non-COPD patients, and to facilitate discussion on whether it is best to integrate services or have disease specific rehabilitation groups.

HERMES SYLLABUS LINKS: B.1 Airway diseases, E.1.14 Pulmonary rehabilitation.

TYPE OF COURSE: Evidence, lecture and video based

Setting the scene of the development of pulmonary rehabilitation and how the 'rehab' model may be adapted and developed for other disease groups R. Guell (Barcelona, Spain)
Developing pulmonary rehabilitation in asthma M. Emtner (Uppsala, Sweden)
Developing pulmonary rehabilitation in interstitial lung disease M. A. Spruit (Horn, The Netherlands)
Developing the pulmonary rehabilitation model for chronic heart disease R. Evans (Toronto, Canada)