Monday, December 4, 2023
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Robert and Irene Flinn Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tucson
Deputy Director, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Consultant and Senior Researcher
Coordinator, Vall d'Hebron Center for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Director, SEPAR COPD Research Network (PII), Pneumology Department, Vall d'Hebron University
Hospital and Research Institut (VHIR)
Barcelona, Spain
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester Medical
Director, Medicines Evaluation Unit
Honorary Respiratory Consultant
Manchester University Foundation Hospitals Trust
Manchester, United Kingdom
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
This educational activity is intended for an international audience of primary care physicians and pulmonologists.
The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to provide a patient perspective on the impact of symptoms on the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and know how best to assess and manage symptoms in patients with COPD.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
WebMD Global requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Disclosures for additional planners can be found here.
Robert and Irene Flinn Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tucson
Deputy Director, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Consultant and Senior Researcher
Coordinator, Vall d'Hebron Center for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Director, SEPAR COPD Research Network (PII), Pneumology Department, Vall d'Hebron University
Hospital and Research Institut (VHIR)
Barcelona, Spain
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Respiratory Medicine, University of Manchester Medical
Director, Medicines Evaluation Unit
Honorary Respiratory Consultant
Manchester University Foundation Hospitals Trust
Manchester, United Kingdom
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (FPM) has reviewed and approved the content of this educational activity and allocated it 0.50 continuing professional development credits (CPD).
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CPD Released: 6/17/2022
Valid for credit through: 6/17/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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