World COPD Day 2024
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects 1 in 13 Australians aged 40 and over, yet half of them don’t know they have it. Alarmingly, Indigenous Australians are 2.5 times more likely to have COPD.
This World COPD Day, we’re joining Lung Foundation Australia in sharing key resources for best-practice COPD care with patients and healthcare providers.
In October 2024, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care published Australia’s first national COPD standard to guide best practice care. But what does it mean for your clinical practice?
Delivering best-practice care is made easy with the COPD-X Handbook, the point-of-care resource specifically designed for healthcare professionals in primary care.
For more information and to access resources and support services for you and your patients, visit lungfoundation.com.au.
Clinician education
This World COPD Day on Wednesday 20 November, Lung Foundation Australia are diving into the latest clinical and system-level updates for national best-practice COPD care with a virtual learning event titled 'COPD: How does your practice measure up?'
Join the expert panel, Dr Kerry Hancock and Dr Lee Fong with host Mary Roberts, to unpack the new COPD Clinical Care Standard and receive practical tips for implementation in primary care using the COPD-X Handbook.
This virtual learning is Lung Learning quality assured and CPD accredited for 1 Educational Activity hour with RACGP.
Date: 20 November 2024
Duration: 1 hour
Time: 6:00pm
