17th MIDYEAR CONVENTION
State of the Art Pulmonology: Convergence of Practice
An Educational Seminar of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (ESAP)
August 6-7, 2014  Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, Quezon City
Time
9:00
10:00 –
10:40
10:40 –
11:00
11:0012:00
12:00 –
1:30
1:30 –
2:00
2:00 –
3:20
3:20 –
4:30
4:40 –
5:15
5:15 –
5:45
5:45 –
6:15
6:30
August 6, 2014 (Weds)
Opening Ceremonies and Keynote Lecture
“Is the Health Care Sector Ready for
One Asia in 2015?”
Opening of Exhibits
Plenary Lecture 1:
“Tobacco Control in the Asia Pacific:
Are We Winning the Battle?”
LS 1
Glaxo
SmithKline
LS 2
Cathay
Drug
LS 3
Takeda
CS 4
Emerging
Critical
Issues in
Asthma
Skills stations 1
hour each:
1 - Lung
volumes,
spirometry&
DLCO
interpretation
2 – Sleep Study
interpretation
3 – CPET
interpretation
LS 4
Boehringer
Ingelheim
Skills stations:
1 – Pleural
catheter
insertion/Medical
pleuroscopy
2 – Airway stent
3 – TBB/TBNA
LS 5
Astra
Zeneca
Skills stations 1
hour each:
CS 2
CS 3
1 – Ventilator
Pneumonia
“Neglected”
waveforms
Management
Respiratory
interpretation
Strategies:
Diseases in the
2- Complicated
Hype or Real?
Asia-Pacific
TB situations
CS 5
CS 6
3–
COPD: Novel
Post-TB
Concepts and Bronchiectasis Radiographic/
ILO
Promising
-in-Focus
classification/
New Drugs
CT scan
interpretation
Visit the Exhibits
CS 1
Regional
Issues in
TB Control
August 7, 2014 (Thurs)
General
Interventional
Pulmonology
Pulmonology
LS 6
Natrapharm
/ OEP
1 – Bronchial
thermoplasty
2 – EBUS
3 – Bronchial
valve placement
Plenary Lecture 2:
Critical Care Practice in the Asia
Pacific: Variation or Harmonization?
Plenary Lecture 3:
Advances in Lung Cancer Treatment:
2013 Updates
Kazuhisa Takahashi, MD
Visit the Exhibits
Fellowship Night
PCCP Business Meeting
Closing Ceremonies
4:00 – 5:00 only
17th MIDYEAR CONVENTION
State of the Art Pulmonology: Convergence of Practice
An Educational Seminar of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (ESAP)
August 6-7, 2014  Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, Quezon City
ESAP 2014
Convention Theme: “State-of-the-Art Pulmonology: Convergence of Practice”
Didactic Sessions and Objectives (August 6, 2014)
PS 1: Tobacco Control in the Asia Pacific: Are We Winning the Battle?
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be aware of the present status of tobacco control in the Asia-Pacific region
 Know the success and hindering factors in tobacco control that may be
unique in the region
CS 1: Regional Issues in TB Control
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Is TB Eradication in the Asia-Pacific Possible?
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know the present status of TB control in the Asia-Pacific Region
 Know current challenges in the eradication of TB from both the public
health and clinical point of views
 Know currently employed and planned strategies for TB eradication in the
Asia-Pacific region
Promising Strategies Beyond DOTS
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know the challenges of the application of the DOTS strategy from its
inception up to the current time
 Be aware of possible models or interventions aside from DOTS that may
show potential in TB control highlighting their features and possible
limitations
“Personalized Medicine” in MDR-TB Management
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know the current status of drug resistance of TB
 Be aware of possible upcoming pharmacologic therapy and regimen for
MDR-TB and their performance
CS2: Pneumonia Management Strategies: Hype or Real?
 New Drugs for Old Bugs?
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Acknowledge the current patterns of antibiotic utilization of physicians
and drug susceptibility for common pathogens in pneumonia in the AsiaPacific region
 Be aware of the need for possible new drugs for pneumonia and
appreciate the value of antibiotic stewardship principles
 Strategies Beyond Antibiotics: Impact on Mortality
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be aware of the potential benefits of non-pharmacologic treatment
strategies for pneumonia and sepsis
17th MIDYEAR CONVENTION
State of the Art Pulmonology: Convergence of Practice
An Educational Seminar of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (ESAP)
August 6-7, 2014  Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, Quezon City
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Pneumonia Vaccines: Promise Fulfilled?
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know the quality of current evidence-based guidelines on immunization
 Appreciate the performance of pneumonia vaccines in terms of hard
clinical outcomes such as preventing deaths and hospitalization
CS 3: “Neglected” Respiratory Diseases in the Asia-Pacific
 Parasites and the Lungs
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know how to recognize common parasitic infections of the lungs
 Be informed of the basic principles of preventing and managing parasitic
infections of the lungs
 “Farmer’s Lung”
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know pertinent epidemiologic data regarding Farmer’s Lung
 Know how to recognize Farmer’s Lung
 Know the management principles of Farmer’s Lung
 Post-disaster Pulmonology
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know the impact of disasters and calamities on respiratory health both
from the individual and the public health point of view
 know strategies on how to prepare for disasters and calamities and how to
mitigate its impact on respiratory health and the delivery of health
services
CS 4: Emerging Critical Issues in Asthma
 The Promise of New and Novel Drugs
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be updated on novel approaches in the treatment of asthma and
upcoming molecules in the pipeline for the treatment of asthma
 Utility of Clinical Pathways
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know the quality of current guidelines for the management of asthma
 Know how clinical pathways may improve the management of patients
with asthma highlighting approaches that may be feasible in the region
 “Reality-Based” Management in Asthma
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be aware of how principles of management of chronic illnesses could be
employed in the management of asthma especially in a resource-limited
setting
 Know diagnostic techniques and treatment strategies that may be
employed to manage asthma in low-income setting
17th MIDYEAR CONVENTION
State of the Art Pulmonology: Convergence of Practice
An Educational Seminar of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (ESAP)
August 6-7, 2014  Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, Quezon City
CS 5: COPD: Novel Concepts and Promising New Drugs
 Molecular Insights Into COPD
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be informed of current molecular knowledge on COPD
 Appreciate how these molecule-based knowledge may aid in the
management of stable COPD and possible exacerbations
 New Treatment = Better Outcome?
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Appreciate the evidence behind new and novel COPD treatment
 Acknowledge how these “new” modalities fit into currently acceptable
guidelines
 Updates on Smoking Cessation Guidelines
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Know the current updates in terms of smoking cessation
 Acknowledge the regional factors that may make the applications of these
guidelines challenging
CS 6: Post-TB Bronchiectasis-in-Focus
 Is Effective Medical Management Available?
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be aware of current medical management of post-TB bronchiectasis with
due appreciation of their potential benefits and limitations
 Role of Maintainance Bronchodilator Therapy
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be able to examine the evidence behind bronchodilator use in post-TB
bronchiectasis
 Appreciate the outcomes that may be affected by maintenance
bronchodilator treatment
 Outcome of Interventional Radiology for Hemoptysis
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Appreciate the role of interventional radiology on hemoptysis
 Be aware of the evidence and outcomes behind this intervention
PS 2: Critical Care Practice in the Asia Pacific: Variation or Harmonization?
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Appreciate the current practice of critical care medicine across the region
 Know current factors that affect the trends of ICU practices in the AsiaPacific
 Be aware of the challenges in ICU care in the region
PS 3: Advances in Lung Cancer Treatment: 2013 Updates
o At the end of the session, the participant should:
 Be aware of the 2013 updates in lung cancer management
 Know the current challenges in applying these guidelines in the region