Welcome to the National Association for Continuing Education webcast of our Challenges in Pulmonary and Critical Care: Update 2009.  The topic of this webcast is new developments in COPD.

The program was captured live in Weston, Florida on December 5, 2009 and features Dr. Adam Wanner. Dr. Wanner is the Joseph Weintraub Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami. 

Learning Objectives:

After completing this program participants should be able to:

1. understand the need for early intervention and treatment of COPD
2. appreciate the targeted use of spirometry for diagnosis
3. review current concepts of therapy and appreciating the importance of adopting evidence-based guidelines for improving COPD patient care in clinical practice