Thursday, December 4, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Hybrid Attendance: Research Bldg. 6, 1.206 Auditorium
or
Zoom
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"Practical Primary-Care Approach to COPD: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring"
Guest Presenter
Dr. Barbara P. Yawn, MD, MSc, FAAFP
Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota
Family and Community Health
Key Objectives:
- Identify latest recommendations for COPD care.
- Apply recommendations to real world primary care to improve patient outcomes.
- Know how to incorporate validated tools to enhance primary care management of COPD.
- Determine when to use referral and consultation in COPD care.
Target Audience and Needs: Internal Medicine faculty, staff, registered nurses, residents, fellows, students, and internists specializing in Allergy & Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine,
Geriatrics, Hematology & Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Palliative Care, Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, and Rheumatology need to be regularly updated with new research and guidelines regarding the evaluation
and management of medical disorders and implement them in clinical practice to enhance the quality of patient care and improve patient outcomes.
Educational Methods: Educational methods will include lectures, case presentations, literature review, and panel discussion.
Activity Evaluation: Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.
Financial Disclosure: The following are reports of relationships with commercial interests by those individuals who are in the position to control the content of this activity.
Dr. Barbara Yawn, MD. The speaker discloses the following commercial interests: NHLBI, PCORI (Research funding): AstraZeneca, Behringer Ingelheim (Consultant, Advisory Board): Glaxo Smith Kline (Consultant, Advisory Board, Speaker): Teva, Modema (Consultant); MedScape, Merck (Advisory Board). Any potential conflicts for this presentation have been resolved and the speaker attests that the clinical recommendations within this presentation are evidence-based and free of commercial bias (e.g.. peer-reviewed literature, adhering to evidence-based practice guidelines).
Accreditation/Credit Designation: The University of Texas Medical Branch is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas Medical Branch designates this live activity for a maximum of _1_ AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.