Saturday, May 30, 2015 - TCU Place, Saskatoon, SK

• Main Session: 7:30 AM to 2:00 PM
• Workshops: 2:15 PM to 5:00 PM

Presented by the Lung Association of Saskatchewan and the Lung Health Institute of Canada

On behalf of the Conference co-chairs, Dr. Darcy Marciniuk and Dr. Darryl Adamko, you are invited to attend the 2015 Pediatric Respirology State of the Art Conference. We are very excited about having a completely pediatric focus for the first time in the five-year history of this successful conference.

Session 1: accredited for 4.5 MainPro-M1 credits

Session 2: accredited for 2.5 MainPro-M1 credits

Limit: 25 registrants each for Stream A and B

Pediatric Chest X-Ray Interpretation Workshop - Sheldon Wiebe

• Workshop Objectives: At the completion of the course, attendees will:
  • Identify anatomic landmarks relevant to chest x-ray interpretation;
  • Recognize a normal chest x-ray;
  • Describe radiologic changes found in pulmonary disorders commonly seen in primary care;
  • Correlate patient presentation with radiographic findings.

Pediatric Sleep Disorders Workshop - Manisha Witmans

• Workshop Objectives: At the completion of the course, attendees will:
  • Identify sleep disorders in children;
  • Describe consequences of sleep disturbances;
  • Describe strategies for diagnosing and treating sleep disturbances.

Session 3: accredited for 2 MainPro-C credits

Mark Fenton/Brian Graham Limit: 25 registrants

1415-1730 Spirometry Interpretation Workshop

Workshop Objectives: At the completion of the course, attendees will:

• understand the role of spirometry as an objective measurement of lung disease;
• describe spirometry testing, terms and measurements;
• describe the criteria for test acceptability and repeatability;and
• gain confidence in the interpretation of spirometry.

Registration

• Download Mail-in/Fax-in Registration form
• Phone: 306-343-9511

For STS continuing professional education, please contact:

Lori Kleiboer, Professional Programs Associate Professional Education lori.kleiboer@sk.lung.ca

Lung Association of Saskatchewan 1231 - 8th Street East / Saskatoon / SK / S7H 0S5 P: 306-343-9511, F: 306-343-7007 sk.lung.ca / resptrec.org

STS Professional Education Day: Nov 14, 2015 - Saskatoon Inn

We are pleased to confirm Dr. Jean Bourbeau, author of the "Comprehensive Management of COPD" as this year's keynote speaker. We welcome him from McGill University.  Dr. Bourbeau’s areas of research and expertise are in COPD, rehabilitation and disease and self-management, health and behavior, clinical evaluative research and applied research. 

8:00    Registration & Sponsor Displays

8:45    Welcome - Ms. Donna Turner, STS President

9:00    Remote Patient Monitoring Update -  Dr. Donna Goodridge & Dr. Darcy Marciniuk

9:30    Delivery Device Education – An Update - Ms. Donna Turner

10:00   Intermission

10:15    Fellows’ Presentations 

11:30    Annual General Meeting & Election

11:40    Lunch Break & Sponsor Displays

12:30   FERGUSON LECTURE: What’s New in COPD Self-Management - Dr. Jean Bourbeau 

13:15    Asthma or COPD? – A Debate - Dr. DW Cockcroft & Dr. Darcy Marciniuk

13:45   Lung Assoc/Lung Health Institute Update -  Dr. Brian Graham

14:00  Adjournment

This program will be approved for CEUs for Pharmacists by Continuing Professional Development for Pharmacists (CPDP).  It has also been recognized by NCPD for Respiratory Therapy's Professional Portfolio.

A special thank you to our corporate sponsors, who will be acknowledged in the program and at the event.

To become an STS member and be eligible for reduced conference fees, please call the Lung Association office at 306-343-9511, or fax your form to 306-343-7007.  Any email inquiries can be sent to info@sk.lung.ca.