Hosts: Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians(CSPCP) & Canadian Thoracic Society

Presenters:
Dr. Tim Hiebert, MD, FRCFP
Physician Consultant – Palliative Care & Internal Medicine, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Board Member, CSPCP

Dr. Alan Kaplan, MD CCFP(EM) FCFP
Family Physician, Aurora Ontario
Chairperson, Family Physician Airways Group of Canada
Co chair Health Quality Ontario Community COPD management
Past lead on pediatric palliative care York Region

Moderator:
Dr. Romayne Gallagher MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP
Clinical Professor, Division of Palliative Care, UBC
Board Member, CSPCP

Target Audience: Physicians from across Canada

Description: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive debilitating respiratory illness which can eventually lead to respiratory failure. Breathlessness is the most common symptom and once traditional COPD therapies are exhausted, we enter the symptom management stage often called Palliative Care. There is, however, much we can do to relieve breathlessness. This session will review COPD as a progressive illness.  After this session, participants will be able to:

1. discuss how to optimize COPD management
2. discuss how to recognize terminal breathlessness
3. discuss how to manage terminal breathlessness

Register here:
ECHO Session: Breathing Easy – Strategies for Integrating Palliative Care for COPD

ECHO sessions are free to attend and open to any person with an interest in the topic; however, the subject material is designed for physician audiences.

At the beginning of this session, the speaker(s) will present a case, which will be followed by a moderated and interactive discussion among participants.

The CSPCP Palliative Care ECHO Sessions is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

CFPC members may claim 1 Mainpro+ Non-certified Group Learning credit.