Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Hot Topics and New Paradigms in COPD

Friday, April 5, 2024, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, The Anlyan Center (TAC) for Research and Education, New Haven, CT

COPD is a heterogeneous disease with diverse risk factors, varying symptoms, clinical presentations, and varying course, disease trajectory, and care needs.  There have been many new advances in the past few years in understanding COPD disease pathogenesis, risk factors, disease trajectories, comorbidities, and patient outcomes.  These issues have highlighted the need for a more comprehensive approach to patient assessment to enable proper diagnosis and to guide optimal personalized disease management.  Healthcare professionals must be updated on these evolving novel issues in the field of COPD diagnosis and management to enable the provision of optimal evidence-based care to people afflicted with the disease. 

This hybrid one-day CME course is designed to address existing professional practice gaps by expanding healthcare professionals’ knowledge of the state-of-the-art evidence-based care of individuals with COPD.  The enhanced knowledge gained should help to improve competence, and performance in providing care, and by virtue of this, should also help to improve patients’ outcomes.

Target Audience: This program is designed for practicing pulmonologists, pulmonary/critical care/sleep fellows, primary care providers, nurses, advanced practice providers, and other trainees or healthcare professionals (such as respiratory therapists or physiotherapists) interested in and involved with the care of individuals with COPD.

1. Identify the spectrum of known risk factors for COPD and the varying trajectories of COPD
2. Recognize new concepts in COPD pathogenesis
3. Describe the varying phenotypes of COPD and their impact on patients’ outcome
4. Discuss updates in the recommended approaches to diagnosis and comprehensive assessment of the COPD patient

Registration fee* for in-person attendance, includes continental breakfast, refreshment break, and lunch. All participants will have access to PDF files of course presentations in their Yale CME Profile after course completion.

In-Person:

• Physicians-$100
• Nurses/PAs/Allied Health Professionals-$50        
• Residents/Fellows/Students† – Complimentary, registration required
• Yale Faculty - Complimentary, registration required

Virtual:

• Physicians-$100
• Nurses/PAs/Allied Health Professionals-$50        
• Residents/Fellows/Students† – Complimentary, registration required
• Yale Faculty - Complimentary, registration required

 

*All cancellations must be received in writing (or via e-mail) at least one week prior to the start of the conference to receive a refund. Any requests for refunds received after this date, or by telephone, will not be honored.
†A letter of verification from department head must accompany registration. Letter should be sent separately to Yale CME at the address below. You may also e-mail a pdf copy of your verification letter to [email protected]. 

If paying via check, include conference name in the memo, make check payable to Yale University and send to:
Yale University
Center for Continuing Medical Education
c/o Allison Rentfro
367 Cedar Street – ESH Building A – 2nd floor
New Haven, CT 06510

If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Accreditation Statement
The Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement
Yale School of Medicine approves this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC POINTS ~ Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.75 Medical Knowledge Only MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Respiratory Therapists ~ This program has been approved for a maximum of 6.75 contact hour(s) Continuing Respiratory Care Education
(CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063
Course # 191093000.

Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of Yale School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education (CME), to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs.  All individuals involved in the development and presentation of Accredited Continuing Education activities are required to disclose all financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies that has occurred within the past 24 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests. This information is disclosed to all activity participants prior to the commencement of the educational activity.

Financial Statement
The Yale School of Medicine Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine is grateful to its supporters. They are acknowledged in all conference materials. 

This symposium will be held at The Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8043. T: (203) 785-6199. 

Click here for a larger map to 300 Cedar Street

Parking Information 

The Air Rights Garage is open 24 hours a day and located between North and South Frontage roads, straddling York St.
Walking from the garage, head southwest on York Street toward Cedar Street, for approximately 80 feet. Turn left onto Cedar Street. Continue down Cedar Street until you arrive at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Cedar Street. The Anlyan Center will be across the street.

Howard Avenue Garage, 800 Howard Ave, New Haven, CT 06519, opposite from Yale-New Haven Hospital and next to the Yale Physicians Building.
The garage is located in between the streets of Davenport and Congress. It is open from 6 am to 9 pm during week days only. Walking from the garage, head south toward Congress Avenue for approximately 300 feet. Turn left onto Congress Avenue and continue walking until you arrive at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Cedar Street. The Anlyan Center is located at this intersection.

The New Haven Parking Authority, (203) 946-8936, can provide further assistance for rate information.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.75 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (6.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.75 hours), Respiratory Therapist (6.25 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Yale Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Friday, April 5, 2024