Bridging Specialties^®: Timely Diagnosis and Treatment for COPD

1.00 CME

1.00 COA

60 MINS

$0 FEE

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Publication Date: February 10, 2025
Product Expiration Date: February 10, 2026

Title: Bridging Specialties^®: Timely Diagnosis and Treatment for COPD

Chair: Megan Conroy, MD, MAEd, FCCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinical
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Course Description

The goal of this activity is to educate clinicians on the symptoms and presentation of COPD to administer the appropriate diagnostic tests, determine the severity of disease, and proceed with the next steps in treatment and management of COPD.

This activity includes:

An e-learning module discussing strategies for early detection of COPD
An interactive decision-making tool that takes you through three patient scenarios and outcomes

Course Objectives

Discuss new and emerging research in diagnostic testing, including phenotype, endotype, and stage.
Outline options for new and emerging treatments in the COPD space and how they will impact patient care.
Describe the defining symptoms and patient profiles associated with COPD.
Identify the diagnostic tests that validate a suspicion of COPD and possible stage.
Determine what/if it is appropriate to refer to a pulmonologist.

Targeted Audience

This activity is intended for community pulmonologists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who play a role in improved diagnosis and care of patients with COPD.

Participation Feedback

The participation threshold is a score of 70% or more passing standard for this course, including learner completion of the final self-assessment and CME credit evaluation, as well as the identification of what changes the learner expects to make in practice due to participation in this course.

Maintenance of Licensure

Maintenance of Credit (MOC) offered in medical knowledge.

Scope of Practice – Pulmonary Medicine Education

FACULTY

Farrukh Abbas, MD, FCCP
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Severe Asthma Clinic at VCU Health
Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services at VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Megan Conroy, MD, MAEd, FCCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinical
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Nate Falk, MD, MBA
Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Professor, Family Medicine and Rural Health
Founding Residency Program Director
Florida State University College of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program at BayCare Health System (Winter Haven)
Winter Haven, FL

MeiLan Han, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

DICLOSURES OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

The mission and vision of CHEST include our commitment to providing accurate, balanced, evidence-based information to health care professionals participating in this educational course. To guarantee our accredited continuing education is fair and balanced and that any clinical content presented supports safe, effective patient care, we require all planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content to complete and submit financial disclosures of any relevant financial relationships with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education-defined ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. We value the contributions of those who are committed and passionate about pulmonary medicine and want to be a part of our educational courses; however, it is our commitment to our learners to have continuing education free of commercial bias and marketing.

Identified conflicts of interest are reviewed by the educational course director/chair, the Education Committee, and/or the Professional Standards Committee to ensure conflicts are properly mitigated. CHEST educational standards pertaining to conflict of interest are intended to ensure the delivery of balanced, evidence-based, scientific presentations. Disclosure of any or no relevant financial relationships will be made available online in course materials and on-site during all educational courses.

The following faculty/planner members of this course have disclosed to CHEST that they have a financial relationship with a commercial interest as it relates to the course:

Name	Role	Disclosure
Farrukh Abbas, MD, FCCP	Faculty	AstraZeneca
Nate Falk, MD, MBA	Faculty	AstraZeneca
MeiLan Han, MD, MS	Faculty	Polarian, Altesa, Amgen, DevPro, Regeneron, Meissa Vaccines, Merck, Mylan, Novartis, Sunovion, Teva, Sanofi, Chiesi, Cipla, Pulmonx, Verona, Aerogen, GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca

The remaining faculty/planner members of this course who are not listed in the grid above have indicated to CHEST that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests.

Education Committee/Planners

Chair
Hans J. Lee, MD, FCCP
Consultant: Veracyte

Vice-Chair
Mark Lavercombe, MBBS, FCCP
No relevant financial relationships.

CHEST CME Credit Staff Planners
The following CME Credit Staff Planners have no financial relationships to disclose:

Manuel Alfaro, MBA
Beth Corey
Jonathan Detrich, MS, SEM
Martha Zaborowski Pascale, CPM
Sharren Smith, MA, HRD
Jenny Szabo, CAE
Carolyn M. Jones

DISCLOSURE OF COMMERCIAL SUPPORT (IF APPLICABLE)

We gratefully acknowledge the following for their financial support of Bridging Specialties^®: COPD Clinician Toolkit:

This activity is supported by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

CME/CE CREDIT INFORMATION

CME/CE Credit Claim Instructions

Bridging Specialties^®: COPD Clinician Toolkit

To complete the Education Course Evaluation for Bridging Specialties^®: COPD Clinician Toolkit, claim CME/CE credits, and download CME/CE certificates and certificates of attendance (COA), please see the instructions below. You must complete your evaluation and download your certificate prior to the product expiration date.

Physician Credit

The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Chest Physicians designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the course.

Nursing Credit

The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American College of Chest Physicians designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

One AMA PRA Category 1 CreditM™ is equal to one contact hour for the following professional certification organizations:

American Nurses Association (ANA)
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

For registered nurses, please check your state licensing board for CME credit equivalency.

Nurse Practitioners

The American College of Chest Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American College of Chest Physicians designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equal to one contact hour for the following professional certification organization:

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB)

Physician Assistants

One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equal to one contact hour for the following professional certification organizations:

American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

COA

The American College of Chest Physicians confirms that the individual named below has participated in this educational activity.

The American College of Chest Physicians designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification Statement

Successful completion of this CME credit course enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC Part 2 Medical Knowledge points in the ABIM MOC program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the course. It is the CME credit course provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.

Upon successful completion of this course, CHEST will submit your completion data to ABIM via ACCME's Program and Course Reporting System (PARS) for MOC points.

DISCLAIMER

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