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...