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Respirology
Seeing Through the Mist of Treatment Options: The Enhanced Role Pharmacists Can Play in Optimizing COPD Management – Canadian Council On Continuing Education In Pharmacy (CCCEP)
DURATION
PROFESSION
# OF CREDITS
1
ACCREDITATION
EXPIRY DATE
2014-09-04
Learning objectives
- Explain COPD and the importance of COPD management to a patient
- Identify patients at risk of COPD
- Identify patients who have undiagnosed COPD and would benefit from initiating a short-acting bronchodilator (SABD)
- Assess whether a patient on a SABD is optimally managed
- Discuss the rationale for combining two SABDs if a patient with COPD is not well controlled
- Discuss the challenges of metered-dose inhalation and review alternative delivery systems
- Promote management plans that incorporate both non-pharmacological and pharmacological strategies