World COPD Day 2024: Introducing the COPD Clinical Care Standards – how does your practice measure up?

When Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is managed well, it means a better quality of life, fewer symptoms, and lower risk of hospitalisation. While there is no cure for COPD, well-managed COPD is possible through a combination of evidence-based, patient-centred care.

The recently launched COPD Clinical Care Standard will address current gaps in clinical practice, providing a pathway of quality care for COPD management in community and acute settings, and the transitions of care between them.

Working with the COPD Clinical Care Standard, the new COPD-X Handbook offers practical tips and advice for delivering evidence-based care for people living with COPD in a user-friendly, point-of-care summary format.

So, how does your practice measure up? 

To mark World COPD Day 2024, and in alignment with this year’s theme of Know Your Lung Function, this virtual learning event focuses on the guideline-recommended approach to early and consistent lung function testing in COPD. Our expert panel, including Dr Kerry Hancock and Dr Lee Fong will speak to evidence-based practice in COPD, in line with the COPD Clinical Care Standard, and updated COPD-X Handbook.

Ask our expert panel your questions at registration or live during the Q&A session. The session will be available on-demand from the following day, please register now for access to the recording.

Learning Outcomes:

• Outline key components of the COPD Clinical Care Standard 
• Discuss the guideline-recommended approach to diagnosis and management of COPD
• Identify support pathways and resources for best-practice management of COPD in Australia
• Outline how the COPD Clinical Care Standard and COPD-X Handbook work together to guide best-practice care for people living with COPD

This virtual learning event is accredited with RACGP and ACRRM for one hour of Educational Activity (EA). 

Speakers:

• Dr Lee Fong
  Medical Advisor, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and General Practitioner, Newcastle
• Dr Kerry Hancock
  General Practitioner and Chair, RACGP Respiratory Medicine Specific Interests Group
• Ms Mary Roberts
  Respiratory Clinical Nurse Consultant

Lung Foundation Australia’s World COPD Day initiatives are proudly sponsored by Sanofi Pasteur, GlaxoSmithKline and Chiesi.