Session
Primary Care Day: challenging times I
Clinical challenges in day-to-day primary care
Aims : The following challenges in primary care will be discussed: getting the right diagnosis; assessing the whole patient, especially in cases of multiple morbidities; changing patient behaviour (adherence, smoking); dealing with changing systems/organisations; and getting our head around the future (particularly with regard to personalised medicine). This first session of the ERS Primary Care day addresses three common challenge that we face in daily practice.
09:00
The challenge of getting the right diagnosis: asthma and COPD, new diagnostic possibilities
T. van der Molen(Groningen, Netherlands)
COI
1
11
09:30
The challenge of multi-morbidity: assessing and managing the whole patient
I. Tsiligianni(Heraklion (Crete), Greece)
COI
2
12
10:00
The challenge of adherence: recognising and addressing poor adherence (in time limited consultations)
R. Horne(London, United Kingdom)
COI
3
13
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