2022 Episodes

February 1, 2023

2022 Episodes:

  1. A Deep Dive Into the Six Minute Walk Test (December 28th, 2022): I am going to be taking a much needed break for the next while, so I hope you enjoy this past episode about the six minute walk test. I’ll be back soon with new content, but until then, thank you again for your support.
  2. Who’s Missing From Pulmonary Rehabilitation? (December 7, 2022): I am going to be taking a much needed break for the next while, so I hope you enjoy this past episode about who is missing in pulmonary rehabilitation. I’ll be back soon with new content, but until then, thank you again for your support.
  3. Some Questions Related to Pulmonary Rehabilitation & COVID-19 (November 16, 2022): I am going to be taking a much needed break for the next while, so I hope you enjoy this past episode about pulmonary rehabilitation and COVID-19. I’ll be back soon with new content, but until then, thank you again for your support.
  4. A Brief History of Pulmonary rehabilitation (October 26, 2022): I am going to be taking a much needed break for the next while, so I hope you enjoy this past episode about the history of pulmonary rehabilitation. I’ll be back soon with new content, but until then, thank you again for your support.
  5. Building Your Referral Base (October 5, 2022): I am going to be taking a much needed break for the next while, so I hope you enjoy this past episode about building your own referral base. I’ll be back soon with new content, but until then, thank you again for your support.
  6. The Discharge Letter (September 14, 2022): On this episode, I talk about discharge letters. I mention a paper that summarizes the minimal clinically important difference for many outcomes.
  7. Disaster Preparedness & Pulmonary Rehab Education (August 24, 2022): On this episode, I talk about including disaster preparedness as a topic in your pulmonary rehabilitation education curriculum.
  8. Journal Club – Deng (August 3, 2022): This episode presents a recorded conversation between students in my research lab at the University of British Columbia, discussing the article “A home‑based pulmonary rehabilitation mHealth system to enhance the exercise capacity of patients with COPD: development and evaluation”.
  9. How to Read More (July 13, 2022): On this episode, I give suggestions on how busy pulmonary rehab professionals can read more research, including ideas on what to read, where to find articles, and what you might do with information once you’ve read the paper.
  10. The Role of Digital Technology in the Lives of People with COPD (June 22, 2022): On this episode, I interview Dr. Marcy Antonio from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan about her doctoral work exploring how people with COPD use digital technology.
  11. Quality Improvement in Pulmonary Rehab – It Just Takes One (June 1, 2022): In this episode, I talk about quality improvement projects and how health care professionals can do small projects to evaluate their programs.
  12. Research in Pulmonary Rehab – It Takes a Village ( May 9, 2022): In this episode, I talk about a paper that we recently published from our laboratory and discuss the research process that we went through, as a way to describe how any research project is really due to the efforts of many people.
  13. Pulmonary Tele-Rehabilitation – Where Are We Now? (April 20, 2022): On this episode, I talk about pulmonary tele-rehabilitation and I mention some papers published in this area, including some from my lab.
  14. Enhancing Your Patient Education Sessions – Part 2 (March 30, 2022): On today’s episode, I continue with more suggestions on how to enhance the patient education sessions in pulmonary rehabilitation. If you haven’t listened to Part One of this topic, please have a listen here.
  15. Enhancing Your Patient Education Sessions – Part 1 (March 9, 2022): On this episode, I talk about ways to enhance the patient education sessions in pulmonary rehabilitation. I give an overview about why these sessions are important, then cover some strategies to improve how patient education is delivered.
  16. Creating an Evidence-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (February 16, 2022): On this episode, I talk about our new pulmonary rehabilitation course. It’s called: “Creating an Evidence-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program” and it’s an online, self-paced course designed to provide you what you need to plan your pulmonary rehabilitation program.
  17. Journal Club – Long (January 26, 2022): In this episode, I discuss a paper published in 2021 in the European Respiratory Journal Open Research, entitled “Impact of fan therapy during exercise on breathless and recovery time in patients with COPD: a pilot randomized controlled crossover trial”.
  18. 5 Useful Apps for Pulmonary Rehabilitation (January 5, 2022): On this episode, I talk about 5 great apps for use in pulmonary rehabilitation. They are available from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.