Primary Care Programme

Saturday 6 September from 09:00 to 13:00 

The 2014 Primary Care Programme covers the topic of "Management of COPD and other respiratory conditions in clinical practice"

Aims: This Primary Care Programme will provide the latest insights and evidence for diagnosing and managing respiratory diseases in a primary care setting.

Target audience: Clinicians, GPs, family physicians, pulmonary specialists, allied respiratory professionals and respiratory patient representatives.

09:30 Non-pharmacological management of dyspnoea and cough in COPD

10:00 Lower respiratory tract infections: diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice

10:30 Easy ways of supporting primary care patients to stop smoking: new findings

11:00 Break

11:30 COPD and new treatment options: the role of primary care

12:00 Guided self-management in COPD: how could it be performed in primary care?

12:30 Palliative care in COPD: a team effort, but how to facilitate it?

 

When registering for the Primary Care Programme, you can also attend the following sessions: Collaborative Session with ALAT & SEPAR, Fellows' Get Together, and more to come...