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COPD Foundation, American Association for Respiratory Care launch seminars on COPD management for respiratory therapists
Miami, FL —The COPD Foundation and the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) have launched a COPD Educator Course for respiratory therapists (RTs). The Educator Course is a series of one-day training seminars for RTs, which will take place at several cities across the nation.
“The COPD Foundation is excited about this collaboration with the AARC and to be able to cosponsor an educator series that will provide these respiratory therapists with the skills and up-to-date knowledge of COPD management,” said John W. Walsh, President of the COPD Foundation.
In coordination with this course, the COPD Foundation developed a Big Fat Reference Guide (BFRG) on COPD; this guide will have in-depth information designed for patients, but informative for health professionals, about disease and health management.
A CD of the guide—which is modeled after AlphaNet’s Big Fat Reference Guide to Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency—will be distributed to all COPD Educator Course attendees, but will also be available online to the general public.
