APCCMPD

Registration is OPEN! 🎉

APCCMPD invites you to join us in Denver, March 3–5, for the 2027 Annual Conference: gain insights from PCCM educators, network, and elevate your program.

Learn more and register:
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Learn. Network. Implement.
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📖 Journal Club! 📖
🗓️ Thurs. Nov. 12, 1:00 PM, EST
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November Member Check-in: Advancing Education Through Literature
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🫁 It's #COPDAwarenessMonth!

How do we move from diagnosis to personalized COPD treatment?

Explore spirometry, GOLD assessment, inhaled therapies & more in APCCMPD's case-based teaching scripts.

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Air quality is a health issue-not just a weather report.

As the U.S. AQI rises, health concern progresses from sensitive groups toward the broader population. People with chronic disease may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution.

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Poor air quality doesn't affect everyone the same way.

Air pollution can affect the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and risk is not evenly distributed.

For people with existing respiratory disease, exposure to poor air quality can be particularly important. Children, older adults and people with chronic disease are among the groups identified as being more vulnerable to air-pollution effects.

But here's an important point: "sensitive groups" does not mean everyone else is unaffected.

As the AQI rises, the U.S. system moves from potential effects in sensitive groups toward increasing concern for the broader population. At higher levels, everyone is more likely to experience health effects.

For clinicians and educators, understanding air-quality alerts can help us have better conversations about exposure, symptoms and practical risk reduction.

Air quality is a health issue-and knowing how to interpret the index is part of knowing how to respond.

As fellowship interviews wrap up, it’s time to reflect! The 2026–27 cycle raised key questions on signaling, interview selection, transparency & mission-based recruitment. What worked for your program? What challenges are you reflecting on?
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