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CATS Points: 30
Academic Level: 6 (Degree)
Notional Study Time: 300 hours
Duration: 6 months
Why is COPD important?
- More than 900,000 people
have a diagnosis of COPD but
this figure is thought to be
much higher with as few as 1
in 4 patients actually
having their condition
recognised
- Britain has one of the
highest death rates from
COPD in Europe
- Hospitalisations with
this disease have increased
50% between 1992 and 2000
- Hospital costs in
2001-2002 amounted to £587m
in the UK.
What does this module
offer?
- This module is for
experienced health care
professionals caring for
patients with COPD in
practice or in the
community
- Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease is a
major cause of hospital
admission and utilises
significant health
service resources in
both primary and
secondary care.
Education for Health’s
COPD degree module will
enable you to
confidently identify and
diagnose the disease
early, reducing the cost
to patients and society.
You will understand the
use of evidence to
underpin the skills and
knowledge needed to
instigate appropriate
management strategies,
so that the patient can
continue to function as
normally as possible
within his or her usual
home setting.
- Until recently COPD
attracted little
attention and was dubbed
"the Cinderella
respiratory disease".
However, there is now
renewed interest in this
condition and with the
long awaited clinical
strategy (formally NSF)
for COPD due in spring
2009 there will be a 10
year plan to improve the
care of COPD patients.
This module covers
the following areas:
- COPD profile
- Clinical
settings of COPD
- Basic mechanisms
- Diagnosis
- Assessment
- Treatment (drug
and non-drug)
- Prevention
By the end of
the module, you will
be able to:
- Demonstrate,
apply and
disseminate
evidence based
knowledge of the
structural
changes and
clinical
features in
chronic asthma,
chronic
bronchitis and
emphysema
- Critically
analyse the
significance of
the
prevalence,mortality
and morbidity
associated with
COPD issuesin
practice
- Assess the
extent and
significance of
disability and
handicap in COPD
patients;
critically
evaluate the
impact of COPD
on patient
quality of life
- Critically
evaluate how
structural
changes in COPD
lead to abnormal
lung function;
assess, evaluate
the factors
influencing the
rate of lung
function decline
- Analyse the
mechanisms and
implications of
the development
of cor pulmonale
in COPD.
This module
will take 6
months to
complete and is
delivered
through
comprehensive
written
materials
supported by 4
study days. The
study days will
be a mix of
informal
lectures and
practical
sessions
delivered by
expert
practicing
clinicians.
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