Alert: COPD Course will be a virtual event
Due to the Covid-19 situation and in view of the actual number of contagions (August 2021), it has been decided by the COPD Course organizing committee to hold a virtual event on 14 and 15 October 2021 instead of live event.
With the above decision we want to avoid last minutes changes and allow participants to join the program and follow presentations by Internet.
We are looking forward to the next COPD Course “Trends in Diagnosis & Treatments” to be streamed from the Royal College of Physicians (London) on the 14 and 15 October 2021.
We recommend keeping up to date with the situation in the UK by accessing information in this link: https://gov.uk/coronavirus
About COPD
COPD is a major global health problem, now affecting over 10% of people over 45 years and being the third most common cause of mortality in high-income countries. COPD exacerbations are also one of the common causes for hospital admissions. While the main cause of COPD is smoking in Western countries, in developing countries COPD is commonly seen in non-smokers and is caused by the exposure to biomass fuel smoke in homes.
Event Program
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome introduction & Objectives - day 1 | Professor Peter J. Barnes , Dr. Richard Russell | 09:00 | |
| 2 | Pathophysiology of COPD | Professor Peter J. Barnes | 09:15 | |
| 3 | Bacterial colonisation | Professor Louise Donnelly | 10:00 | |
| 4 | Break (15 minutes) | 10:45 | ||
| 5 | Current treatment & guidelines for COPD management | Dr. Richard Russell | 11:00 | |
| 6 | Bronchodilators in COPD: what, when and for who? | Dr. Richard Russell | 11:45 | |
| 7 | Lunch break (60 minutes) | 12:30 | ||
| 8 | Exacerbations of COPD | Professor Wisia Wedzicha | 13:30 | |
| 9 | Inhaled corticosteroids in COPD | Professor Peter J. Barnes | 14:15 | |
| 10 | Break (15 minutes) | 15:00 | ||
| 11 | The importance of inhaler devices in COPD | Professor Omar Usmani | 15:15 | |
| 12 | Recap and closure of day 1 | Professor Peter J. Barnes , Dr. Richard Russell | 16:00 |
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome and introduction | Professor Peter J. Barnes , Dr. Richard Russell | 09:00 | |
| 2 | Co-morbidities of COPD | Professor Jennifer Quint | 09:15 | |
| 3 | Compliance and adherence in COPD | Professor Martyn R. Partridge | 10:00 | |
| 4 | Break (15 minutes) | 10:45 | ||
| 5 | Biomarkers ready for the clinic in COPD | Professor Mona Bafadhel | 11:00 | |
| 6 | Non-pharmacological approaches of COPD | Professor Nicholas Hopkinson | 11:45 | |
| 7 | Pulmonary rehabilitation | Dr. W. Man | 12:30 | |
| 8 | Lunch break (60 minutes) | 13:15 | ||
| 9 | Living well with COPD - the palliative approach | Dr. Ros Taylor | 14:15 | |
| 10 | Future developments in COPD | Professor Peter J. Barnes , Dr. Richard Russell | 15:00 | |
| 11 | Recap and closure of day 2 | 15:45 |
Venue:
Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
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