To access this FREE program online:

• Go to http://esymposia.ashp.org/copd07 and view the slideshow.
• After completion of the program, Click “Take CE Test.”
• Print CE statement after successful completion of the post-test.

To access this FREE program as a podcast:

• Go to www.ashpadvantage.com/podcasts to subscribe and listen to the pod cast.
• Return to www.ashpadvantage.com/podcasts and click on the post-test link.
• Print CE statement after successful completion of the post-test.

Faculty

Dennis M. Williams, Pharm.D., BCPS, AE–C
Associate Professor
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

James F. Donohue, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Division Chief
Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

This program provides 2.5 hours of continuing pharmaceutical education credit. Topics include the role and benefits of ß2 agonists, anticholinergics, and corticosteroids in the long-term management of COPD. Therapeutic plans for managing COPD, including strategies for smoking cessation, education on the appropriate use of devices, and considerations in self-management will also be addressed.

Coordinated by ASHP Advantage and supported by an educational grant from Sepracor.