Workshop 101 - Unravelling Chronic Cough: Diagnosis, Management, And Patient Impact

101 Unravelling Chronic Cough: Diagnosis, Management, and Patient Impact

Chronic cough can be more than just a symptom — for many patients, it’s a condition that significantly impacts quality of life. In this interactive workshop, we’ll unpack the complexity of chronic cough through real-world scenarios and collaborative problem-solving.

Participants will work through patient cases that reflect the diagnostic challenges, overlapping etiologies, and treatment dilemmas often encountered in clinical practice. Together, we’ll explore guideline-based approaches, tools to differentiate cough types, and patient-centered strategies to manage both the physical and emotional toll of chronic cough.

This session emphasizes group discussion, critical thinking, and shared learning — so come ready to participate, reflect, and take home practical strategies you can apply right away.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the most common and less common causes of chronic cough using a structured, evidence-informed diagnostic approach.
• Differentiate between upper airway, lower airway, and non-respiratory sources of chronic cough through case-based discussion.
• Apply current clinical guidelines and best practices in the management of chronic cough, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options.
• Collaborate with peers in analyzing complex patient scenarios to enhance clinical reasoning and interdisciplinary problem-solving.

Facilitators: Janet Philpott RRT CRE CTE & Janel Carley RRT CRE CTE

Workshop 102 - What's Your Next Move? Interactive Complex Respiratory Cases

Facilitator: Ellen Michaud RRT CRE

Workshop 103 - Cannabis In Care: Perspectives On Cannabis Use In Youth And Adults

Facilitators: Michelle Fry & Jamil Ramji BSP PharmD ACPR CTE

Workshop 104 - Oxygen Therapy At Home: Navigating The Challenges Of COPD Care

Facilitator: Jesse Haddock BSc RRT CCSH RPSGT FCSRT

Worshop 105 - Breathe In The Data: Leveraging A Respiratory Database To Uncover Alpha-1

This interactive workshop will guide respiratory educators through the effective implementation and use of respiratory databases in clinical settings. Participants will explore best practices for database design, optimization, and analytics to enhance patient care. Emphasis will be placed on using database insights to support the early identification of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AT), improve communication with healthcare teams, and facilitate clinical trial recruitment.

Learning Objectives

·       Describe the key features and functions of a respiratory health database and its relevance in clinical practice.

·       Apply best practices for implementing, optimizing, and using respiratory databases to support quality patient care.

·       Identify how database insights can support the early detection of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AT) in at-risk populations.

·       Discuss current evidence-based approaches to managing and treating A1AT following diagnosis, including referral pathways, augmentation therapy, and lifestyle modifications.

Facilitators: Amin Thawer RRT CRE CPSCT & Jeanna Townsend BSc RRT CRE

Workshop 201 - Mindfulness For Quitting Smoking: Disrupting Automatic Behaviours Through Awareness

Facilitator: Olsen Jarvis RRT CRE

Workshop 202 - Effective Facilitation Of Group Behaviour Change

Facilitators: Darrel Melvin RRT MEd CRE CTE & Cindy Slack BHSc RRT CRE CTE

Workshop 203 - €�I Know I Should, But…”: Change Management Strategies That Work

Facilitators: Angie Shaw RRT CRE & Elyssa Mountain RKin CRE

Workshop 204 - Unravelling The Person With COPD: A Holistic Approach In Self-Management Education

Facilitator: Jennifer Dunham-Schneider RN BScN CHWC CRE

When it comes to supporting people who live with COPD, we typically focus on the traditional approach to self-management education. This approach uses assessment of symptoms, exacerbations, adherence, infection prevention and tobacco cessation, as the cornerstone of COPD respiratory support. There are, however, other considerations which impact how an individual manages and lives with their COPD.

Holistic elements of wellness significantly impact a person’s COPD self-management success. When we consider elements such as Nourishment, Mindset, Relationships and Finances, we take a broader, more holistic approach to support the individuals to live as well as possible, with not only their COPD, but with other comorbidities and other parts of their life. These elements are four key holistic factors that influence how all of us feel and manage every day. Each element plays a part and influences the others. When supporting people to live better and more healthy lives, as they manage COPD, both traditional and holistic approaches are necessary.

In this workshop, we will dive into discussing how the holistic elements of Nourishment, Relationships, Mindset and Finances influence how a person with COPD manages on a day to day, week to week basis.

Learning Objectives:

• Compare and contrast traditional and holistic approaches to COPD self-management education.
• Discuss questions which help you as a Health Provider explore elements of wellness which may be impacting an individual’s self-management success.
• Identify which other members of your health care team can play a role with interprofessional practice collaboration around specific individuals with COPD.
• Apply current COPD Guidelines, and a holistic wellness approach, using a case study example.

Workshop 205 - Tiny Lungs, Big Challenges: Tackling Paediatric Asthma Together

Dr. Mary Noseworthy