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Pulmonary Rehab in Practice: Assessment, Education, and Clinical Decision-Making Bundle

Presented by Maria Correa Baylon, RRT/RCP; Kevin Collins, PhD, RRT, RPFT, AE-C; Karen A. Edwards, MS, RCEP, RRT, FAACVPR; Carolyn Garcia, MD; Aimee Kizziar, MHAL, RCP, RRT-NPS, AE-C, CES, FAACVPR; Debbie Koehl, MS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC, FAACVPR; Tera Shoemaker, RT IV, RRT, RPFT

No relevant disclosures.

5.50 AACVPR CEUs | 5.50 ANCC CEUs Pending | 5.50 AARC CEUs Pending

Overall Course Description: This series delivers practical, PR-specific clinical education focused on real-world execution beyond the guidelines. Participants will build confidence in performing comprehensive pulmonary assessments, delivering effective patient instruction, and developing individualized treatment plans across a range of diagnoses. The program emphasizes navigating clinical “grey areas,” aligning assessments with competencies and outcomes, and adapting care for diverse patient populations. In addition to clinical skill building, the course addresses program-level considerations to support sustainable, high-quality pulmonary rehabilitation delivery. 

Overall Learning Objectives:  

  1. Assess pulmonary rehabilitation patients accurately
  2. Interpret PFTs and apply findings to patient qualification
  3. Educate patients on PR devices, oxygen use, and breathing techniques to support safe use, self-management, and improved clinical outcomes
  4. Individualize pulmonary rehabilitation across diagnoses and special populations
  5. Align assessment, competencies, treatment plans, and program practices to support high-quality, guideline-compliant PR delivery

Recordings will be made available within 10 business days following each webinar. There is a 90 day viewing window for the recordings. 

  • Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 01/19/2027 at 10:00 AM (CST)

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Baseline Respiratory Assessment, Pulmonary Devices & Techniques, Patient Instruction

    Presented by Aimee Kizziar, MHAL, RCP, RRT-NPS, AE-C, CES, FAACVPR

    No relevant disclosures. 

    1.00 AACVPR CEUs | 1.00 ANCC CEUs Pending | 1.00 AARC CEUs Pending

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Baseline Respiratory Assessment, Pulmonary Devices & Techniques, Patient Instruction 

    Overall Course Description: This series delivers practical, PR-specific clinical education focused on real-world execution beyond the guidelines. Participants will build confidence in performing comprehensive pulmonary assessments, delivering effective patient instruction, and developing individualized treatment plans across a range of diagnoses. The program emphasizes navigating clinical “grey areas,” aligning assessments with competencies and outcomes, and adapting care for diverse patient populations. In addition to clinical skill building, the course addresses program-level considerations to support sustainable, high-quality pulmonary rehabilitation delivery. 

    Overall Learning Objectives:  

    1. Assess pulmonary rehabilitation patients accurately
    2. Interpret PFTs and apply findings to patient qualification
    3. Educate patients on PR devices, oxygen use, and breathing techniques to support safe use, self-management, and improved clinical outcomes
    4. Individualize pulmonary rehabilitation across diagnoses and special populations
    5. Align assessment, competencies, treatment plans, and program practices to support high-quality, guideline-compliant PR delivery

    Recordings will be made available within 10 business days following each webinar. There is a 90 day viewing window for the recordings. 

  • Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 02/18/2027 at 1:00 PM (CST)

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Who qualifies for PR and who qualifies for ORS, Pathophysiology of lung conditions when it’s not COPD

    Presented by Kevin Collins, PhD, RRT, RPFT, AE-C

    No relevant disclosures. 

    1.00 AACVPR CEUs | 1.00 ANCC CEUs Pending | 1.00 AARC CEUs Pending

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Who qualifies for PR and who qualifies for ORS, Pathophysiology of lung conditions when it’s not COPD.

    Overall Course Description: This series delivers practical, PR-specific clinical education focused on real-world execution beyond the guidelines. Participants will build confidence in performing comprehensive pulmonary assessments, delivering effective patient instruction, and developing individualized treatment plans across a range of diagnoses. The program emphasizes navigating clinical “grey areas,” aligning assessments with competencies and outcomes, and adapting care for diverse patient populations. In addition to clinical skill building, the course addresses program-level considerations to support sustainable, high-quality pulmonary rehabilitation delivery. 

    Overall Learning Objectives:  

    1. Assess pulmonary rehabilitation patients accurately
    2. Interpret PFTs and apply findings to patient qualification
    3. Educate patients on PR devices, oxygen use, and breathing techniques to support safe use, self-management, and improved clinical outcomes
    4. Individualize pulmonary rehabilitation across diagnoses and special populations
    5. Align assessment, competencies, treatment plans, and program practices to support high-quality, guideline-compliant PR delivery

    Recordings will be made available within 10 business days following each webinar. There is a 90 day viewing window for the recordings. 

  • Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 03/16/2027 at 11:00 AM (CDT)

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Inhaler technique and other devices, Oxygen use, Medication education, Strategies to improve adherence and self-management

    Presented by Maria Correa Baylon, RRT/RCP

    No relevant disclosures. 

    1.00 AACVPR CEUs | 1.00 ANCC CEUs Pending | 1.00 AARC CEUs Pending

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Inhaler technique and other devices, Oxygen use, Medication education, Strategies to improve adherence and self-management

    Overall Course Description: This series delivers practical, PR-specific clinical education focused on real-world execution beyond the guidelines. Participants will build confidence in performing comprehensive pulmonary assessments, delivering effective patient instruction, and developing individualized treatment plans across a range of diagnoses. The program emphasizes navigating clinical “grey areas,” aligning assessments with competencies and outcomes, and adapting care for diverse patient populations. In addition to clinical skill building, the course addresses program-level considerations to support sustainable, high-quality pulmonary rehabilitation delivery. 

    Overall Learning Objectives:  

    1. Assess pulmonary rehabilitation patients accurately
    2. Interpret PFTs and apply findings to patient qualification
    3. Educate patients on PR devices, oxygen use, and breathing techniques to support safe use, self-management, and improved clinical outcomes
    4. Individualize pulmonary rehabilitation across diagnoses and special populations
    5. Align assessment, competencies, treatment plans, and program practices to support high-quality, guideline-compliant PR delivery

    Recordings will be made available within 10 business days following each webinar. There is a 90 day viewing window for the recordings. 

  • Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 04/21/2027 at 1:00 PM (CDT)

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Beyond COPD, Use of PR Guidelines to tweak based on special populations, Adapting exercise and education approaches, Navigating the grey areas

    Presented by Carolyn Garcia, MD; and Tera Shoemaker, RT IV, RRT, RPFT

    No relevant disclosures. 

    1.50 AACVPR CEUs | 1.50 ANCC CEUs Pending | 1.50 AARC CEUs Pending

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Beyond COPD, Use of PR Guidelines to tweak based on special populations, Adapting exercise and education approaches, Navigating the grey areas. 

    Overall Course Description: This series delivers practical, PR-specific clinical education focused on real-world execution beyond the guidelines. Participants will build confidence in performing comprehensive pulmonary assessments, delivering effective patient instruction, and developing individualized treatment plans across a range of diagnoses. The program emphasizes navigating clinical “grey areas,” aligning assessments with competencies and outcomes, and adapting care for diverse patient populations. In addition to clinical skill building, the course addresses program-level considerations to support sustainable, high-quality pulmonary rehabilitation delivery. 

    Overall Learning Objectives:  

    1. Assess pulmonary rehabilitation patients accurately
    2. Interpret PFTs and apply findings to patient qualification
    3. Educate patients on PR devices, oxygen use, and breathing techniques to support safe use, self-management, and improved clinical outcomes
    4. Individualize pulmonary rehabilitation across diagnoses and special populations
    5. Align assessment, competencies, treatment plans, and program practices to support high-quality, guideline-compliant PR delivery

    Recordings will be made available within 10 business days following each webinar. There is a 90 day viewing window for the recordings. 

  • Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 05/20/2027 at 11:00 AM (CDT)

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Building your team and developing a program model that fits your team, Outcomes collection, Compliance, Starting a PR Program, Strategies for long-term program sustainability

    Presented by Debbie Koehl, MS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC, FAACVPR; and Karen Edwards, MS, RCEP, RRT, FAACVPR

    No relevant disclosures. 

    1.00 AACVPR CEUs | 1.00 ANCC CEUs Pending | 1.00 AARC CEUs Pending

    Topics Covered in this Webinar: Building your team and developing a program model that fits your team, Outcomes collection, Compliance, Starting a PR Program, Strategies for long-term program sustainability

    Overall Course Description: This series delivers practical, PR-specific clinical education focused on real-world execution beyond the guidelines. Participants will build confidence in performing comprehensive pulmonary assessments, delivering effective patient instruction, and developing individualized treatment plans across a range of diagnoses. The program emphasizes navigating clinical “grey areas,” aligning assessments with competencies and outcomes, and adapting care for diverse patient populations. In addition to clinical skill building, the course addresses program-level considerations to support sustainable, high-quality pulmonary rehabilitation delivery. 

    Overall Learning Objectives:  

    1. Assess pulmonary rehabilitation patients accurately
    2. Interpret PFTs and apply findings to patient qualification
    3. Educate patients on PR devices, oxygen use, and breathing techniques to support safe use, self-management, and improved clinical outcomes
    4. Individualize pulmonary rehabilitation across diagnoses and special populations
    5. Align assessment, competencies, treatment plans, and program practices to support high-quality, guideline-compliant PR delivery

    Recordings will be made available within 10 business days following each webinar. There is a 90 day viewing window for the recordings.