Overview
Empowering the IPF Patient Through Shared Decision Making, Multidisciplinary Care, and Treatment Awareness
Patient/Caregivers Managing IPF
Registration is closed for this activity.
Join us for an interactive, complimentary, educational session targeting patients and caregivers. Providing a better understanding of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and strategies to encourage shared decision making with their healthcare team.
This four-hour meeting will be will be arranged into three sections with the first two hours focusing on clinician education and relevant updates in IPF. One hour will blend clinicians and patients to discuss multidisciplinary approaches, comprehensive care planning, and shared decision-making. The remaining hour will provide education specific to patients and caregivers living with IPF.
This four-hour meeting will be will be arranged into three sections with the first two hours focusing on clinician education and relevant updates in IPF. One hour will blend clinicians and patients to discuss multidisciplinary approaches, comprehensive care planning, and shared decision-making. The remaining hour will provide education specific to patients and caregivers living with IPF.
This educational session will target patients and caregivers, providing them with a better understanding of IPF and strategies to participate in shared decision-making with their healthcare team.
Proximity Hotel
Weaver Room
704 Green Valley Rd.
Greensboro, NC 27408 USA
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Comment: Patients/caregivers are welcome to join us for breakfast at 8:30 am and pariticapte in the entire educational session. The patient/caregivers educational session will begin and 11:00 am, please arrive at 10:45 am. If you would like to invite a guest please contact Karen Catino at 773-714-0705 x128
Weaver Room
704 Green Valley Rd.
Greensboro, NC 27408 USA
Click here to view location map
Comment: Patients/caregivers are welcome to join us for breakfast at 8:30 am and pariticapte in the entire educational session. The patient/caregivers educational session will begin and 11:00 am, please arrive at 10:45 am. If you would like to invite a guest please contact Karen Catino at 773-714-0705 x128
Supported by an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Below please find the half-day agenda with topics delineated by audience. We invite all learners to participate in the entirety of the conference in an effort to promote shared decision making and learning.
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast | Clinician |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Welcome / Introductions | Clinician |
9:05 am - 9:15 am | The Impact of IPF | Clinician |
9:15 am - 9:25 am | Identifying At-risk Patients | Clinician |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Making a Differential Diagnosis | Clinician |
9:40 am - 9:55 am | Break | Clinician |
9:55 am - 10:10 am | Pharmacotherapies for IPF | Clinician |
10:10 am - 10:25 am | Question and Answers | Clinician |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Expert Updates and Insights | Clinician |
10:40 am - 11:05 am | Break - Patient/Caregivers Arrive | Clinician/patient/caregiver |
11:05 am - 11:25 am | Multidisciplinary Approaches | Clinician/patient/caregiver |
11:25 am - 11:45 am | Comprehensive Care Planning | Clinician/patient/caregiver |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Shared Decision Making | Clinician/patient/caregiver |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Overview of IPF | Patient/caregiver |
12:20 pm - 12:35 pm | Managing IPF | Patient/caregiver |
12:35 pm - 12:45 pm | Common Patient Concerns | Patient/caregiver |
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm | Question and Answers | Patient/caregiver |
• Mechanisms and the disease course of IPF
• Managing symptoms of IPF
• Therapy awareness and goals of treatment
• Understanding the impact of non-treatment
• Practical skills on better communication with healthcare providers and care coordination
• Strategies for effectively managing social, psychosocial and lifestyle considerations
• Participatory medicine principles including shared decision-making skills
Chair
Gregory P. Cosgrove, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor
National Jewish Health &
University of Colorado-Denver
Chief Medical Officer,
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Co-Chair
Murali Ramaswamy, MD
Cone Health Medical Group
Pulmonix
Greensboro, NC
Gregory P. Cosgrove, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor
National Jewish Health &
University of Colorado-Denver
Chief Medical Officer,
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Co-Chair
Murali Ramaswamy, MD
Cone Health Medical Group
Pulmonix
Greensboro, NC