Continuing Education

Professional Education Portal

The Lung Association in collaboration with RESPTREC^® offers the Professional Education Portal as a method for respiratory educators and health care providers to enhance their professional learning with continuing education opportunities.

Read articles and watch video presentations on the most recent research, position papers and guidelines. Track your CE hours with the provided logbook.

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RESPTREC^® resources

Download or order branded resources for your workplace:

• Asthma Medications Brochure
• COPD Medications Brochure
• Delivery Device Instructions
• Delivery Device Mastery Sheets
• Inhaler Device Demonstration Videos

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Recent News & Articles

For your convenience the Professional Education Portal & RESPTREC^® provide links to research articles, announcements, studies and other news updates which are posted daily onto the website.

Reading these articles can be used towards recertification and continuing education.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: Inspired Breathing Conference, Saskatoon May 22-23, 2020

Jan 15, 2020

The Inspired Breathing Conference in Saskatoon on May 22-23, 2020 will bring together family physicians, respiratory specialists, allied respiratory health care professionals, and respiratory educators to learn together and to network with one another. This two-day conference offers content that is diverse, current, and of value to all delegates. Enhance…

Non-sleepy obstructive sleep apnoea: to treat or not to treat?

Jan 08, 2020

Non-sleepy obstructive sleep apnoea is thought to have a prevalence of around 20–25% in industrialised countries. However, the question of whether it should be routinely treated or nOKot is controversial.

Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnoea

Jan 08, 2020

Changes accross the lifespan can alter the expression of OSA in females at both symptomatic and physiological levels. OSA in females is different from that in males, and is under-studied