Office of Professional Education

Respiratory Medicine Updates: A Virtual Clinical Community 

The 2021 COPD Journal Club has concluded. Check out article summaries and recordings of the previous sessions below.

Previous COPD Journal Club Sessions:

  • November 3, 2021
    • November 2021 Article Summary: Chronic Non‐invasive Ventilation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD002878. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002878.pub3. View here. 
    • Recorded Zoom Webinar on VuMedi.
 
  • October 5-6, 2021
    • October 2021 Article Summary: C-Reactive Protein Testing to Guide Antibiotic Prescribing for COPD Exacerbations, N Engl J Med 2019; 381:111-120, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803185. View here. 
    • Recorded Zoom Webinar on VuMedi.
 
  • September 8, 2021
    • September 2021 Article Summary: Discriminative Accuracy of FEV1:FVC Thresholds for COPD-Related Hospitalization and Mortality, JAMA. 2019;321(24):2438-2447. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.7233. View here.
    • Recorded Zoom Webinar on VuMedi.
 
  • August 3-4, 2021
    • August 2021 Article Summary: Triple Inhaled Therapy at Two Glucocorticoid Doses in Moderate to Very Severe COPD  (ETHOS Trial) N England J Med 2020; 383:35-48. View here.
    • Recorded Zoom Webinar on VuMedi.

Target Audience:

Pulmonologists, Primary Care and Internal Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Advanced Practice Nurses who treat patients with COPD. 

Program Chair:

James Woodrow MD

Jake Woodrow, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
 

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be better able to:

  • Apply critical thinking and research analysis in the review of research and guidelines in COPD
  • Increase awareness and understanding of research, evidence and best practices to inform clinical practice in COPD
  • Engage with an online community of practitioners to share key insights, latest research, and treatment strategies for patients with COPD

Contact:

For questions, please call the Office of Professional Education at National Jewish Health at 303.398.1000 or 800.844.2305, or email proed@njhealth.org.

Accreditation and Designation Statements:

The 2021 COPD Journal Club has concluded. This activity is no longer available for credit.

Support:

This educational program is supported in part by independent medical education grants from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Mylan Specialty L.P.