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.

Spirometry - Patient Experience Survey

Aug 15, 2018

A revision is underway for the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Technical Standards for Spirometry.  In addition to updating requirements for spirometry equipment, analysis and reporting, changes will be made intended to improve the patient experience.  A patient survey has been designed to collect information…

Defining Impaired Respiratory Health. A Paradigm Shift for Pulmonary Medicine

Aug 15, 2018

This article proposes a conceptual model of respiratory health across the lifespan incorporating definitions of ideal respiratory health, impaired respiratory health, and chronic lung disease.

Natural History of COPD Exacerbations in a General Practice–based Population

Aug 15, 2018

A large proportion of patients with COPD do not exacerbate over a maximum 10 years of follow-up. AECOPD frequency in a single year predicts long-term AECOPD rate.