2020 Episodes

October 12, 2021

2020 Episodes

  1. PROs & PROMs – What are they?  The Dyspnea Example (December 23, 2020): In this episode, I talk about Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROS) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS), using the symptom of dyspnea as my example.
  2. A Brief History of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (December 2, 2020): In this episode, I provide a brief overview of the history of pulmonary rehabilitation.
  3. Starting a Journal Club for Your Pulmonary Rehab Team (November 11, 2020): In this episode, I discuss how, and why, to start a journal club for your pulmonary rehabilitation team.
  4. Journal Club – Moreno (October 21, 2020): In this episode I discuss a paper published in 2019 in the Journal of Physiotherapy, entitled “Physiotherapist advice to older inpatients about the importance of staying physically active during hospitalisation reduces sedentary time, increases daily steps and preserves mobility: a randomised trial”. The first author of the paper is Nayara Alexia Moreno from the University of Sao Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil.
  5. Some Questions Related to Pulmonary Rehabilitation & COVID-19(September 30, 2020): On this episode, I talk about COVID-19 and pulmonary rehabilitation, including questions that health care professionals should ask themselves when they consider admitting patients who have had COVID-19 and ongoing symptoms.
  6. Quality Indicators – Part 3 (September 9, 2020): On this episode, I continue to discuss quality indicators for pulmonary rehabilitation. This episode focuses on indicators related to monitoring, education, outcomes measures, and home exercise programs.
  7. Quality Indicators – Part 2 (August 19, 2020): On this episode, I continue the discussion about quality indicators for pulmonary rehabilitation programs.  This episode focuses on indicators related to exercise.
  8. Quality Indicators – Part 1 (July 29 2020): On this episode, I talk about the quality indicators for a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
  9. Building Your Referral Base (July 8, 2020): On this episode, I talk about different strategies to increase the referrals to your pulmonary rehabilitation program.
  10. Journal Club  – Osadnik(June 1, 2020): On this episode, I review a paper by Osadnik and co-authors.
  11.  Introduction to the Podcast (June 1, 2020): On this episode, I introduce the show and tell you a bit about myself and my interest in pulmonary rehabilitation. I also talk a bit about some of the topics you can expect in upcoming episodes.