Practical management of chronic breathlessness for health professionals

Wednesday 15 June 2022, 9.00am - 4.30pm

This 1-day, interactive workshop involves experiential learning and practical demonstrations for breathing well.

Hear from recognised experts in the field to explore your beliefs, inform your knowledge and improve your skills in the assessment and management of people with chronic breathlessness.

This 1-day, interactive workshop involves experiential learning and practical demonstrations to convey current thinking on mechanisms, assessment and non-pharmacological management of chronic breathlessness, with a focus on brief interventions for breathing, thinking, functioning and living well.

This one-day workshop includes:

• current biopsychosocial concepts of the experience of chronic breathlessness
• ways to assess and monitor chronic breathlessness.
• a clinical model to inform (a) assessment and (b) choice of management strategies
• practical, evidence-based non-pharmacological management strategies [quick wins]
• opportunities to think about your own beliefs and expectations of chronic breathlessness and how these influence the people under your care
• information about other resources for understanding and managing chronic breathlessness

The workshop is followed by 4 x1 hour monthly online mentoring / community of practice sessions (optional), to support health professionals translate knowledge and skills from the workshop to their clinical practice.