COPD CERTIFICATION: DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, & MONITORING

This Course Covers the Up-to-Date Practices for Diagnosing,  Treating and Monitoring Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary

Disease or COPD.

After a Brief Introduction into COPD, We will take a detailed look at the Diagnosing of COPD, and the current limitations that exist in the Field. Based on this, We will Provide You with Recommended Ways to Improve the  Diagnosis of COPD Patients.

Next, we will be looking at How to Treat COPD Patients After Diagnosis. As Always, We will Address the Challenges Currently Faced by Primary Care Physicians and Pulmonoligists in Treating the Disease and Provide  Suitable Recommendations to Resolve These Challenges.

Finally, We will talk about the Long-Term Monitoring of COPD Patients, Short-Comings that must be addressed in order to effectively administer long-term treatment for COPD,  and Ways to Improve the Quality of Care Provided to COPD Patients Beyond Diagnosis and Initial Treatment.

This Course teaches Medical Professionals the Following Topics:

1.  Definition, Symtpoms and Causes of COPD.

2. The Prevalance and Economic Bruden of COPD

3. COPD Diagnosis and Spirometry.

4. Spirometry and Staging

5. Spirometry Case Studies.

6. Medical Tests For COPD

7. The Limitations in Diagnosing COPD

8. Recommendations to Improve COPD Diagnosis

9. Screening for COPD in General and Targeted Populations

10. Recommendations to Improve the Screening for COPD

11. Pharmacological Treatment of COPD

12. Follow-Up for Pharmacological Treatment of COPD

13. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of COPD

14. Limitations in Treatment of COPD

15. Recommendations for Improving the Treatment of COPD

16. COPD Monitoring and the Use of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)

17. How to Improve RPM for COPD

18. Medical Devices for COPD