Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
A few words from…Chelsea Willmott
A few words from…Chelsea Willmott

Chelsea Willmott works in rural general practices around Southland and Otago. She works as a rural nurse practitioner in general practice, emergency and PRIME. She is also a senior lecturer, clinical advisor and academic at Victoria University in the NPTP intern year. Her academic research and area of expertise is inter-professional and intraprofessional conflict, the cultural relationship between doctors and nurses, horizontal violence in healthcare and workforce development. She holds a variety of roles in healthcare management, teaches FACT with professor of general practice Bruce Arroll and is on the NPNZ executive committee
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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