Contact Information

Please send all course-related email to Marine Gambaryan: mghambarian@stop-copd.ru
For technical information please contact: Andrey Zamkov: info@stop-copd.ru
For organisational questions — course coordinator: (will be appointed later)

Schedule

The Course Modules page (password-protected) is also your course schedule. It outlines all the important course dates and deadlines. Use this page to access all your course work as well as to find important course dates.

Evaluation

We value your input in evaluating this course. An online evaluation form is attached to each lecture for you to complete. This information will be given serious attention in future updates to the course.

Course Syllabus

Course Description

The course is designed to raise the awareness and enhance the knowledge of Primary health Care Professionals and General practitioners in COPD prevention based on COPD determinants assessment and analysis, early identification of individuals at risk for COPD and through the implementation of Integrated Intervention Strategy — the STepwise Target groups Oriented Prevention: STOP model.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the key aspects of COPD concept, terminology, the scope of the problem and burden of disease according GOLD and.
  • Understand the importance of early detection of the risk and prevention of the Disease.
  • Describe the role of the main Determinants of COPD, the theoretical background of COPD prevention and Stepwise target group oriented prevention (STOP) approach.
  • Understand the role of smoking a the major determinant of COPD, the importance of Smoking prevention/education and smoking cessation interventions for COPD prevention in all target groups.
  • Will be aware of modern methods of smoking cessation.
  • Recognize the importance of COPD prevention planning process, the ways of COPD risk identification and early detection, and STOP interventions implementation for COPD prevention.

Course Topics

  • COPD — Definition, Stages, burden of disease.
  • Determinants of COPD — host factors and environmental factors.
  • Interrelationships of determinants of COPD.
  • Target groups Identification for COPD prevention — STepwise Target groups Oriented Prevention: STOP.
  • Smoking — the major risk factor for COPD.
  • Environmental Tobacco Smoking.
  • Smoking in the target groups STOP.
  • Intentions planning in target.

Course Materials

No textbook is required for this course. You are welcome to print the pages of the course, as well as use the web-links provided in the course. For additional course-related information, please use the resources listed in the Resources section of each lecture and explore any other web-links in support of mastering the course material.

Course Format

The course is made up of 4 modules, each of which has a short quiz to be completed.
In addition to the module there are two short case studies and round-table discussions in the forum section.