Thursday 8th June
10.00 -11.30 AGM - IPCRG
Postgraduate courses
12.00 - 16.00 Research in PHC Lung function measurement Allergy Developing countries Nurses' role in care of patients
         
12.00 - 12.20 PG101 Why research in PHC PG201 Airways PG301 Mechanisms /mediators PG401 Asthma epidemiology PG601 The trials and tribulations of guidelines!
  David Price/Barbara Yawn Alan Crockett Ola Storrø Monsur Habib Monica Fletcher
         
12.20 - 12.40 PG102 Planning a study PG202 Spirometry - how? PG302 Epidemiology PG402 Causal factors/triggers PG602 Hayfever and its effects on school examinations
  Aziz Sheikh Alan Kaplan Torbjørn Øien Monsur Habib Samantha Walker
         
12.40 -13.00 PG103 Objectives  PG203 Parameters PG303 Why increasing incidence PG403 Diagnosis PG603 Nursing assessments in COPD, what should we measure?
  Aziz Sheikh Tjard Schermer Torbjørn Øien N Hussain/ Osman Yusuf Rachel Booker
         
13.00 -13.30 PG104 Hypothesis testing and sample size calculations PG204 Equipment PG304 Clinical diagnosis PG404 Treatment possibilities  
  Amanda Lee Tjard Schermer Len Fromer N Hussain  
     
13.30 - 14.00 Coffee
         
14.00 - 14.20 PG105 Data collection PG205 Reference values PG305 Methods allergy testing PG405 COPD epidemiology PG604 Treatment of asthma - from paper to practice
  Mike Thomas Arnulf Langhammer Len Fromer Niels Chavannes  
         
14.20 - 14.40 PG106 Analyses and presenting results PG206 Lower limit of normal PG306 Food allergy/intolerance PG406 Diagnosis PG605 Multicultural asthma education
  Amanda Lee Arnulf Langhammer Ola Storrø Osman Yusuf Christine Raheim Borge
         
14.40 - 15.00 PG107 Writing and submitting PG207 Provocation tests PG307 Markers of inflammation PG407 Treatment possibilities PG606 Educating nurses - national and international perspectives
  Mike Thomas Alan Crockett Jacques Bouchard N Hussain Elise Austegard and Monica Fletcher Siren Nicolaisen
         
15.00 - 15.20 PG108 Clinical versus statistical evidence PG208 Use in primary health care PG308Treatment possibilities allergy PG408 Worldwide goals OLD  
  Amanda Lee and Mike Thomas Alan Kaplan Jacques Bouchard Niels Chavannes  
       
15.20 -15.45 Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion
16.15 - 17.15 Opening ceremony
President
Scientific
Research achievements IPCRG
17.30 - 18.30 satellite symposium I satellite symposium II
19.00 - 20.00 Welcome Reception 
Friday 9th June
  Topics: Asthma and allergy
Chair: David Price
08.30 - 08.50 AP101 Allergy - Introduction: mechanisms and mediators, an update
  Ola Storrø
   
08.50 - 09.30 Group work: Case: allergy Case: asthma
  Marianne Østergaard Jacques Bouchard
 
09.30 - 10.00 There is a role of prevention in allergy: Pro et con
    AP102 PRO AP103 CON Patient
    Nick Glasgow Aziz Sheikh Susanna Palkonen
10.00 - 10.30 AP104 Plenary discussion / summary   All speakers 
       
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
Practical skills x 2 Asthma symposium  I Oral presentations Workshops Asthma control & organising of care
  Chair: Barbara Yawn Chair: Mark Levy/Monica Fletcher [1]   Chair: Ron Tomlins
11.00 - 11.30 APS101 Lung function testing                  Siren Nicolaisen  Elise Austegard AS101 Epidemiology      Aziz Sheikh AO101 Postal questionnaires for asthma - are they worth the paper they are written on?  Daryl Freeman AW101 Smoking cessation  Svein Høegh Henrichsen How to measure asthma control  Alan Kaplan (1100-1120)
      AO102 Is exhaled nitric oxide monitoring possible in general practice asthma clinics: A feasibility and acceptability study Mike Thomas   AO113 Systematic practice-based asthma care in the Australian settingChris Holton
      AO103 Paper stamp checklist tool enhances asthma guidelines knowledge and implementation by primary care physicians Paolo Renzi   AO114 The organised care of asthma in primary care: the "3+ visit plan".  A report on progress H John Fardy
11.30 - 12.00 APS102 Spirometry interpretation       Ivo Smeele AS102 Wheeze in childhood; asthma? Barbara Yawn AO104 The concept, prevalance and consequences of low tolerance to ICS in asthma Rob Horne   AO 115 International perspectives on national asthma programs Justin Beilby
      AO105 Effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids in preschool children with recurrent respiratory symptoms in general practice: ASTERISK Study Siebrig Schokker   AO116 Implementing national programs for asthma care in Australia - a review of the first four years of the National Asthma Reference Group Ron Tomlins 
    AO106 Montelukast add-on therapy compared to high-dose inhaled corticosteroids in children age 2-5 yrs with asthma: a retrospective study Mike Thomas   AO 117 Linking evidence to policy - lessons from the national evaluation of the Asthma 3+ Visit Plan in Australia Justin Beilby
12.00 - 12.30 APS103 Allergy testing          Samantha Walker AS103 Diagnosis of asthma in PHC Alan Kaplan AO107 Scoring system - A guide for general practitioners enabling proper selection of drugs in step are management of asthma M Rashidul Hassan AW102 Computers in PHC     Mark Levy 
      AO108 Asthma management and the PCP: findings of the Global Asthma Physician and Patient (GAPP) Survey David Price  
       
12.30 - 13.00 APS104 Quality of life question. AS104 Treatment opportunities     
  Karin Lisspers John Haughney    
   
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
   
14.00 - 14.15 AP105 Achieving asthma goal
  Chair and introduction: John Haughney
Group work
14.15 - 14.45 Case: mild asthma Case: severe asthma
  Björn Ställberg Jim Reid
14.45 - 15.15 There is a role of combination therapy in mild to moderate asthma
    AP 106 PRO AP 107 CON  
    Pro Thys van der Molen Onno van Schayck  
       
15.15 - 15.30 AP108 Plenary discussion / summary  All speakers
       
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee - wildlife multimedia talk (Mark Levy)
Practical skills x 2 Asthma symposium II Oral presentations Posters
  Chair: Mike Thomas/A Ostrom Chair: Ivo Smeele/ H Pinnock  Chairs: Onno van Schayck/Miguel Roman
16.00 - 16.20 APS105 Inhalation devices             Siren Nicolaisen  Elise Austegard AS105 Rhinitis and asthma  David Price AO109 Impact on asthma morbidity and patient enablement of providing a telephone option for primary care asthma reviews: Phase IV controlled implementation study H Pinnock APD103A Does physicians' greater sensitivity towards asthma influence its morbidity? Josep Vigatá
      AO110 Routinely recorded Primary Care Data can predict key outcomes in asthma Mark Levy APD103B Development of a quationnaire for the assessment of bronchial hyperresponsiveness: The BHQ Roland Riemersma
      AO111 Updating knowledge of primary care physicians on the management of asthma using a new interactive method based on playing cards Louis-Philippe Boulet APD103C Developing a community based spirometry services for east London Jill Goddard
      AO112 Patient views of the Patient Asthma APGAR Barbara Yawn APD103D Role of hypertonic saline in the bronchoprovocation for the diagnosis of bronchial asthma Abdullah Al Mamun
16.20 - 16.40 APS106 Asthma action plans AS106 Provocation tests/NO APD103E Diagnostic value of FEV1 measurements in the GP's office Tjard Schermer
  Dermot Ryan Mike Thomas   APD103F Parents perceptions of asthma in children aged 2-5 years Margaret Cuffwright
      APD103G A comparative study on asthma prevalence in areas with high and low pollution in Bangladesh Monsur Habib
16.40 - 17.00 APS107 Immunotherapy AS107 Follow up and by whom   APD103H Cost of asthma to the health service: A UK prospective study Gaylor Hoskins
  Peter Odebäck Björn Ställberg   APD103I Underdiagnosing allergies and asthma - The need for training Primary Care Physicians Mohammad Osman Yusuf
  APD104A Comparison of allergic indices in monosensitized and polysensitized patients with childhood asthma Keun Chan Sohn
  APD104B Add-on omalizumab improves asthma control across multiple measures of response in patinets with severe persistent allergic (IgE-mediated) asthma David Price
  APD104C AKL1, a herbel treatment for asthma: a randomised controlled cross-over trial Mike Thomas
  APD104D Add-on omalizumab significantly improves quality of life in patients with severe persistent allergic (IgE-mediated) asthma David Price
  APD104E Paper spacers in primary care: Sri Lankan experience Seneth Samaranayake
  APD104F Features of asthma management: quantifying the patient's perspective using discrete choice modelling John Haughney
  APD104G Not well controlled asthma is associated with increased use of unschedule healthcare: analysis in 26 countries Angela Williams
  APD104H Towards excellence in asthma management (TEAM): Final report of a 5-year program aimed at reducing care gaps in asthma management Louis-Philippe Boulet
  APD104I Validation of the ACQ (Juniper) in children: A pilot study Kevin Gruffydd-Jones
  APD104J Lower inhaled steroid requirement with fluticasone/salmeterol combination in general practice asthma and COPD patients Tjard Schermer
  APD104K Electronic decision support for guidlelines-based asthma care Ron Tomlins
  APD104L The SMART plan: Development of a symptom-based asthma action plan for single inhaler therapyJennifer Cleland
  APD104M The care of asthmatic children in aragon: What is the actual position in primary care? Carlos Pardos Martínez
  APD104N Could interchangeable use of dry powder inhaler compromise quality of care?  An international study of physicians and pharmacists David Price
  APD104O Montelukast as first-line preventative treatment for asthma in children age 2-5 yrs: a retrospective study Mike Thomas
  APD104P Care of children and adolescents with asthma by primary care physicians: current situation and proposals for improvement Carlos Pardos Martínez
  APD104Q Management, asthma control and quality of life in Swedish adolescents with asthma Mikael Hasselgren
  APD104R Does intervention by asthma nurse educators improve asthma control in Malaysia? A randomised control trial Chia Yook Chin
   
17.30 - 18.30 satellite symposium I satellite symposium II  
Saturday 10th June
Topics: COPD      
         
08.30 - 08.50 CP101 COPD - from the disease to the patient Chair: Ron Tomlins  
    Chris van Weel    
       
08.50 -09.30 Group work - smoking cessation strategies      
  Case: dyspnoea Case: cardiovascular disease  
  Daryl Freeman Jon Torgeir Lunke  
09.30 - 10.00 Case finding and early intervention prevents development into moderate to severe COPD - CP102 pro et CP103 con  
    Georgio Stratelis pro Patrick White  
10.00 - 10.30 CP104 Plenary discussion / summary   All speakers  
       
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee      
Practical skills x 2 COPD symposium I Oral presentations Workshops
  Chair: Jim Reid /          Chair: Johan Buffels/     
11.00 - 11.30[2] CPS101 Lung function testing      Rachel Booker CS101 Epidemiology     Niels Chavannes   CW101 COPD rehabilitation PHC Rupert Jones
      CO101 Can you be a generalist and a specialist?  Stakeholders views on a respiratory General Practitioner with a Special Interest service Mandy Moffat  
    CO102 Emphysema is equally often present in smokers with preCOPD as in smokers without COPD Georgios Stratelis  
11.30 - 12.00 CPS102 Spirometry interpretation       Ivo Smeele CS102 Diagnosis       Miguel Roman CO103 Lung function testing in the elderly - can we still use FEV1/FVC<70% as a criterion of COPD? Astri Medbø CW102 COPD terminal stage Patrick White
      CO104 Flow and volume responses after bronchodilation in mild to severe COPD Tjard Schermer  
    CO106 Splitting COPD and asthma: Validation of the differential diagnosis questionnaire (DDQ) in Australian primary care Alan Crockett  
12.00 - 12.30 CPS103 COPD action plan Niels Chavannes CS103 Treatment opportunities  Jim Reid CO107 Study of resources in asthma and COPD in the community of Madrid (Spain) Eduardo Calvo CW103 Quality of life questionnaire Thys van der Molen
      CO108 Organisation of asthma and COPD care in primary health care in Mid-Sweden Karin Lisspers  
    CO105 On-line reporting of primary care spirometry Patrick White  
12.30 - 13.00 CPS104 Computers in PHC CS104 Follow up and by whom CPD101 Poster discussion
  Ron Tomlins Hilary Pinnock   Chairs: Thys van der Molen /
        Peter Odebäck
      CPD101A Use of spirometry for early recognition of COPD in smokers Miguel Roman
      CPD101B Primary care based asthma clinics improves detection of asthma and COPD in the population Mikael Hasselgren
      CPD101C Asthma/COPD service improves diagnosis and monitoring in primary care Ivo Smeele
      CPD101D Pulmonary rehabiklitation in the community is effective, but benefits may be distorted by methods of analysis RCM Jones
      CPD101E Management of COPD in primary health care: a questionnaire survey in western Sweden Maria Norrhall
      CPD101F A qualitative study of sleep experiences in subjects with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Bryanie Shackell
      CPD101G Is a well known COPD a well treated COPD? Montserrat Mas Pujol
      CPD101H The effects of integrated care for COPD-patients on quality of life.  Review and research design Anouk Niesink
      CPD101I Investigation of factors influencing family physician adherence to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment guideline recommendations Oleksii Korzh
     
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch      
       
14.00 - 14.15 CP 105 Achieving COPD goal - introduction  
  Chair and introduction: Onno van Schayck  
       
14.15 - 14.45 Group work:  Case: mild COPD Case: severe COPD  
    Thomas Gorlén    
       
14.45 - 15.15 There is a role of Inhaled corticosteroids in COPD - CP106 pro et CP107 con  
    David Price pro Hilary Pinnock   
       
15.15 - 15.30 CP108 Plenary discussion / solution of cases  All speakers  
       
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee      
       
  Practical skills x 2 COPD Symposium II Oral presentations Posters
    Chair: David Tinkelman/      Chris Van Wheel Chairs: Dermot Ryan CPD102 Poster discussion Chairs: Karin Lispers/Marianne Østergaard
16.00 - 16.20 CPS105 Smoking Cessation CS105 Physical activity and COPD CPD102A Patterns of primary care for children with asthma: an exploratory, qualitative study in Brazil Henrique Sa
              Motivation Rupert Jones CO109 Does the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ) score reflect reality in individual patients? JWH Kocks CPD102B Practice capacity is not associated with the provision of guidelines based clinical care for asthma Christopher Barton
      CO110 Patients' experience of an exacerbation of COPD.  Lessons for primary care professionals Jill Goddard CPD102C A survey on pediatric asthma management in Primary Care in Mallorca (Spain) Angela Boqué
      CO111 A qualitative study of patient perceptions of home oxygen therapy Alan J Crockett CPD102D An evaluation of a community pharmacy based rural asthma management service Bandana Saini
16.20 - 16.40 CPS106 Smoking cessation CS106 Chronic cough CO112 The last year of life of COPD: the carers' perspective Patrick White CPD102E A pilot study of physician asthma care education program in Australia Smita Shah
               Addiction David Tinkelman   CPD102F Use of a call centre to conduct clinical research Gaylor Hoskins
  Ben Ponsioen     CPD102G Management of asthma in a primary care centre in Singapore based on chronic care model Tan Ngiap-Chuan
      CPD102H Establishing allergy and asthma services De Novo in a developing country Mohammad Osman Yusuf
16.40 - 17.00 CPS107 Smoking cessation CS107 Osteoporosis CPD102I Evaluation of patient response to respiratory educators in primary care Andrew Cave
              Medical treatment Arnulf Langhammer   CPD102J Developing and validating a questionnaire to evaluate the impact of patient-centred asthma training of GPs and practice nurses Jennifer Cleland
  Janneke Kaper     CPD102K Large variations in asthma control between UK general practitioners participating in the Asthma Control, Concordance and Tolerance (ACCT) Initiative David Price
      CPD102L Asthma treatment in Spain - Study in primary care and pneumology services Juan Enrique Cimas
      CPD102M Using information effectively to develop a local enhanced service for COPD Sally Hull
      CPD102N Organisation of asthma and COPD care in secondary care in Mid-Sweden Bjorn Stallberg
      CPD102O Exploring professional and patient attitudes to mobile telephone-based technologies for monitoring asthma: qualitative study Hilary Pinnock
17.30 - 18.30 satellite symposium I satellite symposium II  
Sunday, 11th June