Interstitial Lung Disease : The Changing Landscape

Interstitial Lung Disease : The Changing Landscape is organized by University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) Continuing Medical Education and would be held on Nov 5, 2016 at Park Central Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America. The target audience for this event for This conference is designed to provide clinicians and other health care providers with a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of ILD, an understanding of the importance of accurate and timely diagnosis, and a treatment approach that is broad and evidence-based. This CME conference has been approved with 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Objectives:
This course is designed to improve the ability of providers to:
• Adopt a practical approach to the diagnosis of ILD that includes the integration of clinical, radiographic, and pathologic information;
• Gain familiarity with new IPF medications including patient selection, managing side effects, and counseling patients about expectations;
• Learn how to approach the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a possible autoimmune cause of ILD;
• Develop a comprehensive management plan for patients with ILD that includes both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies.