Improving primary care physicians' capacity: A pan India initiative on management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma

Sir, According to the World Health Organization (WHO), chronic respiratory diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accounted for 4.2 million deaths globally[1] in 2008. To ensure training quality and standardized delivery of course curriculum, the program encompass...

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Published in:Lung India 2018-09, Vol.35 (5), p.452-453
Main Authors: Bhalla, Sandeep, Sinha, Sourabh, Jain, Shilpa, Gupta, Priyanka, Kumar, Pushkar, Chandwani, Haresh, Barne, Monica, Murali Mohan, B, Prabhakaran, D, Salvi, Sundeep
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Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma
Chronic illnesses
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Curricula
Health care
Letters to Editor
Primary care
Public health
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Summary:Sir, According to the World Health Organization (WHO), chronic respiratory diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accounted for 4.2 million deaths globally[1] in 2008. To ensure training quality and standardized delivery of course curriculum, the program encompasses a robust monitoring and evaluation system that includes onsite and offsite monitoring of training session by panel of observers who are health-care professionals or public health specialists [Figure 1]. Acknowledgment We thank the entire team from Chest Research Foundation, Pune, and Dr. B V Murali Mohan and his team from Narayana Health, Bengaluru, for their valuable contributions in the development of course curriculum of “Certificate Course in Management of COPD and Asthma” and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd., for their educational grant for the same.
ISSN:0970-2113
0974-598X
DOI:10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_36_18