Pulmonary Disease Board Review Course
American Physician Institute Board Review
Intended Audience: Pulmonologists
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Classify types of pulmonary neoplasia
- Assess pulmonary infections and treatment guidelines respective to the infection
- Differentiate respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders
- Explain pulmonary critical care including chest trauma, mechanical ventilation, pharmacotherapy, and respiratory failure
- Develop comprehensive management and treatment plans for patients with COPD
- Describe the variations of Asthma and corresponding causes in determining treatment
HIGH-YIELD CONTENT
LASER-FOCUSED LECTURES: The Pass Machine Pulmonary Disease board review course will help you master the ABIM® exam material quickly and easily. This course features a comprehensive library of short video lectures that are precisely aligned to the Pulmonary Disease Certification and Pulmonary Disease MOC exam blueprints. This way, you’ll focus on all of the exam topics and keywords with no wasted effort.
THE “QBL” METHOD: “Question-Based Learning” ensures that your review is 100% relevant to the ABIM® Pulmonary Disease exam. This proven method works by pairing multiple choice questions with related lectures, allowing you to review a topic before answering the corresponding question.
BOARD-EXPERIENCED FACULTY: The Pulmonary Certification and Pulmonary MOC course features board-certified faculty experienced in teaching Pulmonary Disease board exam preparation. Thus, every lecture is up-to-date, medically accurate and entirely board-relevant.
PULMONARY DISEASE STUDY GUIDE: This course companion makes it easy to follow along with lectures, take notes, and study offline. The PDF includes the complete course syllabus, with all referenced slides, photos, illustrations, and infographics. (Printed version also available at checkout.)
Topics/Speakers
Obstructive Lung Disease
Asthma: Overview & Treatment (1 Hour)
Asthma: Special Circumstances (0.5 Hours)
Raj Dasgupta, MD
COPD (1 Hour)
Raj Dasgupta, MD
Obstructive Airway Disease (1 Hour)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Critical Care
Non-Lung (1.5 Hours)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Lung – Ventilator Modes & Respiratory Mechanics (0.5 Hours)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Lung – ARDS, Weaning & Non-invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (1.5 Hours)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Sleep Medicine/Neuromuscular/Skeletal
Respiratory (1 Hour)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
Non-Respiratory – Physiology, Polysomnography & Insomnia (1 Hour)
Raj Dasgupta, MD
Non-Respiratory – Hypersomnia, Circadian Disorders & Parasomnias (1 Hour)
Raj Dasgupta, MD
Congenital, Neuromuscular & Skeletal (1 Hour)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
Restrictive Lung Disease – Basics of Physiology & Classification (0.75 Hours)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
An Approach to Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease (1 Hour)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (0.75 Hours)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
Occupational & Environmental Disease (1.5 Hours)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Infections
Sepsis (1.25 Hours)
Robert A. Balk, MD
Abscess, Emboli & Pneumonias (1.25 Hours)
Robert A. Balk, MD
Fungal & Mycobacterial Disease (1 Hour)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Opportunistic Pathogens & Bronchiolar Disease (1.25 Hours)
Fayez Kheir, MD
Neoplasms
Diagnosis, Evaluation & Tumor Pathology (1.5 Hours)
Douglas A. Arenberg, MD
Epidemiology, Treatment & Syndromes (1.25 Hours)
Douglas A. Arenberg, MD
Basic Science and Physiology
Cell & Molecular Biology (1 Hour)
Douglas A. Arenberg, MD
Physiology & Metabolism (1 Hour)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Quality, Safety, and Ethics
Quality, Safety & Complications (1 Hour)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Ethics (0.5 Hours)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Pleural Disease
Pleural Disease (1 Hour)
Jonathan Puchalski, MD
Epidemiology and Statistics
Epidemiology & Statistics (1 Hour)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
Vascular Disease
Pulmonary Vascular Diseases (1 Hour)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
Thromboembolic Disease (1 Hour)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
Transplantation
Transplantation (1 Hour)
Shirin Shafazand, MD
Release Date: August 13, 2018
