📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
🔬 Pathology
🔬 Pathology — COPD and Emphysema
- Define obstructive pulmonary disease and enlist its different types.
- Define emphysema.
- Describe different types of emphysema.
- Describe the pathogenesis, morphology and clinical course of emphysema.
- Define chronic bronchitis.
- Describe its pathogenesis and morphology.
🩺 Medicine
- Describe the epidemiology, pathophysiology and etiology of COPD.
- Explain the clinical presentation of COPD.
- Describe the investigations required for the diagnosis of COPD.
- Describe the management plan of COPD.
- Describe long-term oxygen therapy in COPD.
🩺 Family Medicine
- Explain the management strategies of a patient with COPD in general practice.
- Describe strategies for prevention of complications of COPD.
- Describe methods of home oxygen therapy.
- Identify red flags in a patient with COPD and appropriately refer to specialty care when required.