Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals a current review of pathogenesis, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphasizing strategies for prevention and best practice clinical guidelines for managing the stable patient and COPD exacerbations.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and associated conditions.
- Identify risk factors and discuss the role of cigarette use, infection, and chronic inflammation in the pathogenesis and progression of COPD.
- Correlate pathologic changes in the lung with the clinical features of COPD.
- Describe the pathophysiology of airflow limitation and air trapping.
- Recognize and evaluate the clinical signs and symptoms of COPD.
- Analyze the various criteria and tests used in the diagnosis of COPD.
- Discuss the investigations used to assess the severity and to stage COPD.
- Identify interventions that may reduce the risk of developing COPD, including smoking cessation.
- Outline pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options for the management of stable COPD.
- Use your knowledge of pathophysiology and options for therapy to devise a strategy for managing COPD exacerbations in the ambulatory setting or in the hospital.
- Describe the appropriate monitoring and assessment of COPD disease progression, as well as associated comorbidities.
About the Author/Presenter
John M. Leonard, MD, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, completed his post-graduate clinical training at the Yale and Vanderbilt University Medical Centers before joining the Vanderbilt faculty in 1974. He is a clinician-educator and for many years served as director of residency training and student educational programs for the Vanderbilt University Department of Medicine. Over a career span of 40 years, Dr. Leonard conducted an active practice of general internal medicine and an inpatient consulting practice of infectious diseases.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician
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