Objectives

  • Discuss challenges faced by healthcare professionals when supporting COPD patients in dealing with their symptoms.

  • Explore proven strategies to improve symptom management, as well as how to improve the success of these interventions.

About Our Speaker

Alexandre Joubert, Registered Nurse Clinician

After graduating from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1995, Alexandre Joubert started his career at the Montreal Chest Institute on the acute and long-term care units. In 1996, he started working at the ambulatory services in different programs. Since 2001, he has been permanently working as a case manager in the COPD clinic and pulmonary rehabilitation program, educating patients to self-manage their chronic respiratory disease.