COPD Management Guideline Bundle for Physiotherapists
Description
COPD management CPD Course Bundle Aims To
This is an advanced CPD course for physiotherapist, clinician specializing in physical and occupational therapy in acute, subacute and home care post-acute environments in need of information on COPD rehabilitation.
COPD pathophysiology, incidence, diagnostic techniques, medical treatment, and assessment of physical properties of pulmonary system, risk factors, and accurate methods for its early diagnosis are organized in CPD course bundle Part 1.
Part 2 of CPD course concentrates on more detailed PT/OT assessment instruments, treatment prescriptions of PT/OT and reliable interventions for COPD individuals. It stresses the need to prescribe the right kind of treatment regimes to reduce relapses, enhance the patients’ wellbeing, and promote value-based care.
Learning Objective
- Understanding the cardinal features of COPD and the manner how it affect mobility.
- Discuss further various signs and symptoms of COPD exacerbations and the role of the drugs commonly used to control them and treating side effects that may accompany some drugs.
- In managing the COPD patients, perform objective assessment tests in order to establish the possibility for function. Recall and explain the general exercise recommendations and specifically HIIT for patient with COPD.
- Provide prescription of the programs encompassing stimulus, extent, interval and functions for the treatment.
- It is necessary to select a proper assessment for the case and choose the corresponding treatment according to the course.
- Describe how the hospital admissions correlate with the levels of physical activity and the effects on value-based purchase. Educate the patient on ways of conducting a healthy life and ways in which they can self-manage COPD.
Who Should Enroll
- Physiotherapist
- Respiratory Physiotherapist
- Nurses
- Occupational Therapist
CPD Credit Hours
Contact Hours: 5 Hours
Resources
60 Days Access to Learning Resources
Downloadable Course Material
CPD Certificate
Presenter
Speaker Bio: Virginia Bowen, PT, DPT
Virginia Bowen, PT, DPT is an experienced home health therapist with 7 years of experience as an educator and more than 20 years as a home care physical therapy case manager. Virginia received her B.S degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Wisconsin in 1987 and went on to receive her DPT from the College of Saint Scholastica in 2019. She has developed and taught chronic disease courses for her current employer as well as the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and also has personal experience being the HCPOA for a COPD patient. She has treated numerous COPD patients in her 25 years as a home health therapist and enjoys teaching courses pertaining to this subject matter in order to help therapists develop professionally and gain knowledge of best practices.
