Breaths 5.2 Earlier Diagnosis of COPD

Breaths is a new IPCRG initiative designed to enhance primary care providers' capability, confidence, and motivation in delivering high-quality respiratory care. It leverages structured microlearning strategies tailored to the time constraints of primary healthcare professionals.

By the end of this session, you will recognise the barriers to timely diagnosis of COPD, employ simple screening tools in primary care to assist diagnosis and differentiate when to refer patients for further testing.