Podcast
0.50 CME/CE Credit
Patient Case Studies: COPD Screening, PRISm, and AAT Deficiency
“Lung Health Updates for Primary Care Providers: Conversations with NHLBI” is a series of CME podcast episodes produced by Pri-Med in partnership with Learn More Breathe Better®, a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. In this episode looking at case studies of patients with reduced lung function, we are joined by Dr. Mihaela Stefan, a Program Officer with NHLBI’s Division of Lung Diseases, and Dr. Elizabeth Oelsner, general internist and Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Department of Medicine Division of General Medicine. We’ll be discussing profiles of three patients with reduced lung function, including an asymptomatic smoker, a smoker with respiratory symptoms but without spirometric evidence of COPD, and a COPD patient with history suggestive of AAT deficiency. So let’s begin.
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CME/CE Information
0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Release Date: 5/22/2024
Expiration Date: 5/31/2025
Topics
Learning Objectives
- Review current recommendations for COPD screening
- Summarize diagnostic criteria for COPD
- Discuss initial management of COPD
- Consider when to screen patients for alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency
- Describe resources available to primary care clinicians and patients with COPD
Faculty
Mihaela Stefan, MD, PhD
Program Officer with National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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Disclosures
The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by faculty, and all have been mitigated by Pri-Med Institute.
Mihaela Stefan, MD, PhD: No relevant financial relationships disclosed
Elizabeth Oelsner, MD, MPH: No relevant financial relationships disclosed
Charles Vega, MD (Moderator): Consultant with GlaxoSmithKline
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
CME/CE Information
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Pri-Med Institute and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Breathe Better Network. Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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Pri-Med Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Supporters and Partners
Education Partner
Learn More Breathe Better®, a program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health
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