Event Schedule

Thursday, October 3, 2019 | 8:00 - 3:30 PM (EST)
Friday, October 4, 2019 | 8:00 - 3:30 PM (EST)

Thursday, October 3, 2019

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM: Welcome – Intent, Format, Content of training

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM: COPD Overview and Treatment

      Physiology
      -   Prevalence of COPD in US
      -   Differential Diagnosis
      -   Gold Guidelines
      -   Genetic Factors

      Treatment
      -   Pharmacotherapy
      Inhalers
      Steroids
      Antibiotics
      -   Vaccination
      -   Oxygen
      -   Disease Self-Management
      -   Pulmonary Rehabilitation
      Reassessment post hospitalization

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Break

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM: Spirometry

- Use in Screening and Diagnosis
- Basic interpretation

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: From a Patient’s perspective

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM: Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM:         Medications

      Goal of inhaled medications
      -   Overview of categories of inhaled meds
      -   Bronchial hygiene

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM:       Tobacco: Resources for the COPD Educator

      Overview
      Community resources
                                     Motivational Interviewing/Strategies - An introduction

3:30 PM: Wrap up

Friday, October 4, 2019

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Continental Breakfast - Sign in
Overview of Day and Your Questions

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM:    Review of devices in small groups - 'hands on'

      Purpose and technique
      MDI's
      Spacers
      Nebulizers
      DPI's
      Case Studies

10:30 AM - 10:15 AM: Break

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM: Oxygen Therapy - What you need to know & why

               Use
               Nocturnal O2
               Devices
               Home
                  Portable
               Medicare/Private Insurance Reimbursement
                  How to qualify for
               How it works in hospice setting

11:15 AM - 12:15 AM: Improving Activities of Daily Living through Pulmonary Rehabilitation
      -   Medicare Requirements and Reimbursement
      -   AACVPR Certification
      -   Goals of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
      -   Components of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
      Dyspnea Management
      Aerobic Exercise
      Strength Training
      Nutrition Screening and Support
      Depression Screening
      Quality of Life
      Stress/Anxiety Management
      Community Support
      Individualized Treatment Plan

      -  Education Towards Self-Management
      Avoiding/minimizing exacerbations
      COPD Action Plan
      Medication Management
      Talking to Your Physician
      -  How to run a Monthly Support Group

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Care for Patients with COPD: A Case Study

Conversations, Symptom Management and Transition to Hospice

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Education for Patients What we need to know to help

      -   Health Literacy and Plain Language
      -   Teaching techniques
      -   Hands on activities

3:30 PM: Evaluations, Certificates and Adjourn