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COPD: Optimizing Care for Your Patients

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Target Audience

This activity is intended for primary care physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, nurse practitioners and other allied healthcare professionals.

Goals and Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. Conduct an initial workup of COPD.

2. Describe the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for COPD.

3. Determine when to refer a COPD patient to a Pulmonologist.

4. Diagnose and treat acute exacerbations in COPD.

5. Detect and treat behavioral health aspects of COPD.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the sponsorship of National Jewish Medical and Research Center's Office of Professional Education. National Jewish Medical and Research Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

National Jewish Medical and Research Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

National Jewish is Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number CEP 12724 for 4.0 contact hours.

Participating Faculty

Ron Balkissoon, MD

Russell Bowler, MD, PhD

Liesel Dyar, PsyD

James T. Good, Jr., MD

William Janssen, MD

Barry J. Make, MD

Faculty Disclosure

All faculty in a position to control the content of this activity are expected to disclose any or no significant financial interest or other relationship with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of non-profit or governmental organizations and non-health care related companies. Our goal is to ensure that there is no compromise of the ethical relationship that exists between those in a position to control the content of the activity and those attending the activity and their respective professional duties.

Significant financial interest is defined as receiving, or in the past twelve months having received, a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.

KEY

µ Research Grants
^ Consultant
~ Speaker's Bureau
> Other (eg. clinical study)

Ron Balkissoon, MD
^~ AstraZeneca, Schering-Plough
~Boehringer-Ingelheim, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis

Russell Bowler, MD, PhD
µ Emphasys, Eli Lilly
~ Boehringer_Ingelheim

Liesel Dyar, PsyD
Reports no significant financial interest.

James T. Good, Jr., MD
^ AstraZeneca
~ GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, sanofi-aventis

William Janssen, MD
Reports no significant financial interest.

Barry J. Make, MD
^ AstraZeneca, Altana, Forest, Schering-Plough
^~> Boehringer-Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer

Commercial Support

This activity is supported by an education grant from Boehringer Ingelheim.

Price: FREE!

AMA - Physicians Only Accreditation

	To receive educational credit, participants must complete an online evaluation form and pass the online assessment with a score of 80% or better. If you do not receive a minimum score of 80% or better, you are permitted 1000 retake(s). After passing the assessment, you can view, print and track your statements of credit online. There is no fee to participate in this activity.

AMA - Non Physician Accreditation

	To receive educational credit, participants must complete an online evaluation form and pass the online assessment with a score of 80% or better. If you do not receive a minimum score of 80% or better, you are permitted 1000 retake(s). After passing the assessment, you can view, print and track your statements of credit online. There is no fee to participate in this activity.

Nursing Accreditation

	To receive educational credit, participants must complete an online evaluation form and pass the online assessment with a score of 80% or better. If you do not receive a minimum score of 80% or better, you are permitted 1000 retake(s). After passing the assessment, you can view, print and track your statements of credit online. There is no fee to participate in this activity.

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