Theme: Common and rare respiratory conditions
Including Adult & Pediatric topics
Presented by the Division of Pulmonary Medicine in partnership with the Alberta Respiratory Centre.
Course Description:
This one-day course will provide physicians and health care professionals with the latest in Pulmonary health while creating connections between primary and tertiary care to improve Respiratory Health in Alberta.
The format of interactive workshops and presentations will enable the participant the opportunity to discuss cases and topics of importance to clinical practice.
Overall Objectives: Upon completion of this conference, participants should be able to:
- Apply updated clinical evidence and guidelines to common and novel respiratory diseases encountered in the community. (Family Medicine Expert, Scholar)
- Improve knowledge and appropriate use of common respiratory testing and treatments available in the community. (Family Medicine Expert, Leader)
- Identify opportunities to increase collaboration between primary care and respiratory clinicians.
Fees:
Physicians Early bird extended until September 8: $175
After September 8: $200
Allied Health/Nurse Practitioner Early extended until September 8: $100
After September 8: $125
Trainees/Students: sold out
Registration closes on Wednesday, September 24 at 4pm.
Certified Activity program for up to 5 Mainpro+® credits
Location details
Address: 16615 109 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5P 4K8, Canada
Agenda
Saturday, October 4
Plenary Session - Pulmonary Rehab: an Edmonton success story (Dr. Virginia Huynh (Dr. Mike Stickland))
Breakouts Block 1: Option 1 - A picture could show a thousand diseases: a practical approach to ordering chest imaging for the primary care practitioners (Dr. Ben Pi)
Breakouts Block 1: Option 2 - Vaping: the good (smoking cessation), the bad (vaping in non-smokers) and the ugly (youth vaping) (Dr. Harissios Vliagoftis)
Breakouts Block 2: Option 2 - Asthma: can we prevent exacerbations? (Dr. Adil Adatia)
Breakouts Block 2: Option 1 - Catching the Cause of a Runny Nose in primary care (Dr. Ling Ling)
Breakouts Block 3: Option 2 - Dyspnea: Help Me Doc I Can’t Breathe!! (Dr. Robert Hauptman)
Breakouts Block 3: Option 1 - Long COVID (Dr. Grace Lam)
Breakouts Block 4: Option 1 - Pulmonary Hypertension: what can primary care do for diagnosis and follow up? (Dr. Jalal Moolji)
Breakouts Block 4: Option 2 - Palliative care for lung disease (Dr. Meena Kalluri)
Plenary Session - Hot topics in adult and pediatric respiratory care for the general practitioner (Adult - Dr. Ron Damant; Pediatrics - Dr. Anne Hicks)
Saturday, October 4