February 21-23, 2008 (Pisa, Italy)

Course venue: Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana Pulmonary Section Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Department Via Paradisa 2 Cisanello 56124 Pisa - Italy Pisa Information and Tourism - World Guide  Programme

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Organising Committee

Enrico Clini (Modena, Italy)
Rik Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
Nicolino Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy)

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Invited Faculty

Rachel Garrod (London, UK)
Rik Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
Rosa Guell (Barcelona, Spain)
Pierluigi L. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
Christian Préfaut (Montpellier, France)
Annemie Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Sally Singh (Leicester, UK)
Thierry Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Alex Van't Hul (Breda, The Netherlands)

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Educational Aims

This course offers a new opportunity for discussion, enabling the experts (both medical doctors and physiotherapists) to interact with each other in order to give participants the most up-to-date messages on why, how and when this treatment should be delivered.

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Target Audience

• Clinicians (pneumologists)
• Physiotherapists
• Respiratory therapists
• Nurses

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Course Goals

By the end of the course participants will have a detailed knowledge of:

• Up-to-date information in the specific field of pulmonary rehabilitation
• The potential role of pulmonary rehabilitation in the clinical context (indications, settings, etc.)
• Assessing the processes used to allocate activities and the way in which to measure specific outcomes
• The correct way to train patients

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CME credits

This ERS School Course will be accredited by EBAP for 12 European CME credits.