Overview
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The first part of the ECFS eLearning programme on CF is intended for members of the multidisciplinary team beginning in CF and available on this website. After completion of the first part, the learner:
- will have acquired the main knowledge necessary to begin taking care of patients with CF: cause and physiopathology of CF, epidemiology, main clinical features, principles of treatment
- will be able to assist a CF specialist and to fully benefit from a training in a CF centre
| Module # | Modules
| Learning objectives: At the end of the module, the participants will understand:
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| 1 | The CFTR gene and the CFTR protein
| – The CFTR gene defects and their consequences – The different classes of mutations, the genetic databases – The CFTR protein: structure, expression, role
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| 2 | Epidemiology of CF
| – Number of patients worldwide and across countries – Map of countries with neonatal screening programme – Survival, percentages of children and adults and estimation for the next decade – Rates of pregnancy, rates of pulmonary transplantation – Frequency of mutations
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| 3 | Diagnosis of CF
| – Symptoms suggestive of CF – Classic CF diagnostic tools: sweat test and genetics – Criteria for CF diagnosis
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| 4 | Overview of clinical symptoms | – Pulmonary disease – Gastrointestinal disease – Other organs
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| 5 | Principles of CF care (1): general and respiratory
| – Centred care with a multi-disciplinary team – follow-up: frequency and evaluation – Airway clearance techniques and therapies – Treatment of pulmonary exacerbations – Eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Management of chronic Pa colonization – Place of new therapies
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| 6 | Principles of CF care (2): nutrition, liver and diabetes
| – Diet, salt, fat soluble vitamins – Pancreatic enzyme replacement – Maintenance of good nutritional status
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| 7 | Generality on psychosocial issues
| – Adherence – Self-management – Mental health -Chronic illness |
Course Features
- Lectures 7
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 1
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
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