COPD Overview Course
Overview
Organization: American Lung Association
Start Date: 10/2021
End Date: Ongoing
Primary Goal: Goal 2: Improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of COPD by improving the quality of care delivered across the health care continuum.
Secondary Goal(s):
Objective(s):
- Develop a unified, multidisciplinary educational curriculum for health care professionals, including primary health care providers, using harmonized clinical practice guidelines
- Develop, in accordance with clinical quality measures, a clinical decision tree and other tools to enable high-quality care for people with COPD
- Improve access to care for people with COPD, particularly for those in hard-to reach areas
Collaboration: Neeraj Desai, MD MBA FCCP FACP D-AABIP
Associate Professor of Medicine
System Medical Director, Ascension Illinois Health Pulmonary Endoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology
Program Director, UI Health Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program
Activity Type: Material or product, Provider education, Training
Activity Description
The COPD Overview Course is a 60- minute, self-guided module and presentation designed to provide healthcare professionals with the education and training they will need in to better serve patients with COPD. It is a high-level overview of the disease and will briefly touch on disease diagnosis and management.Attendees will gain the knowledge to help them work with patients, educate and motivate patients and implement evidence-based best practice self-management education in community and healthcare settings.
Audience
General Audience: Health professionals
Focused Audience: n/a
Program Reach: National
Type of Area: Urban, Suburban, Rural
Setting: Health care
Cost and Funding Sources
Impact Analysis
NA at this timeAdvice or Lessons Learned
NA at this timeRelated Links
Contact Information
American Lung Association
National Director, Health Promotions, Lung Disease Programs
Essington
Pennsylvania