2021 Episodes

2021 Episodes:

  1. Research and Knowledge Translation in the Covid-19 Era (December 15, 2021): On this episode, I talk about the research and knowledge translation, and how it has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared.
  2. Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (November 24, 2021): On this episode, I interview Dr. Clarice Tang from the University of Western Australia in Sydney, Australia about culturally- and linguistically-diverse populations and pulmonary rehabilitation.
  3. Role of Rehabilitation Assistants in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs (Nov 3, 2021): On this episode, rehabilitation assistant Ashley Winter discusses the valuable role of support staff, such as rehab assistants, in pulmonary rehabilitation.
  4. Indirect 1 Repetition Maximum Test (October 13, 2021): On this episode I interview Dr. Gail Dechman (Dalhousie University) about the 1 Rep Max Test which is a feasible way to assess muscle strength in pulmonary rehabilitation.
  5. A Review of 4 Important PR Papers From 2020-2021 (September 22, 2021): On this episode, I talk about several papers which I talked about at the ATS Clinical Year in Review. I refer to a previous episode on Who’s Missing from Pulmonary Rehabilitation, which aired on March 17, 2021. The link to that episode is here.
  6. AECOPD – Mob Clinical Decision-Making Tool. Part 2 (September 1, 2021): On this episode, I describe the implementation of the AECOPD-Mob clinical decision-making tool. The tool can be found here.
  7. AECOPD – MOB Clinical Decision-Making Tool. Part 1 (August 11, 2021): On this episode, I describe the development AECOPD-Mob clinical decision-making tool. The tool can be found here.
  8. Journal Club: Anwar (July 21, 2021): This episode presents a recorded conversation between students in my research lab at the University of British Columbia, discussing the article, “Associations between housing factors and respiratory symptoms in two Saskatchewan First Nations communities”, published this year in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with Naiela Anwar as the first author.
  9. What PR Professionals Need to Know About Cancer Rehab (June 30, 2021): In our first interview episode, Dr. Kristin Campbell and I chat about the important things pulmonary rehabilitation professionals need to know about cancer rehabilitation.
  10. A Deep Dive into the Shuttle Walk Tests (June 9, 2021): In this episode, I continue the conversation about field walking tests, with an overview of the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test and the Endurance Shuttle Walk Test.
  11. LIVE From ATS 2021 (May 18, 2021): In this episode, I provide a few comments about the interesting research I’m seeing at the American Thoracic Society Scientific Conference.
  12. Journal Club: Garcia-Aymerich (April 28, 2021): In this episode, I talk about a paper published this year in Thorax entitled: “Validity and responsiveness of the Daily- and Clinical visit-PROactive Physical Activity in COPD (D-PPAC and C-PPAC) instruments” with Dr. Judith Garcia-Aymerich as the first author.
  13. A Deep Dive Into the Six Minute Walk Test (April 7, 2021): On today’s episode, I want to talk about a clinical measure that is widely used, and to some extent, abused, in pulmonary rehabilitation. I’m talking about the every-familiar six minute walk test and the measure it provides, the six minute walk distance.
  14. Who’s Missing From Pulmonary Rehabilitation (March 17, 2021):  In this talk, I discuss concepts related to who is missing from pulmonary rehabilitation.
  15. Journal Club: McNaughton (February 24, 2021): In this episode I discuss a paper published in 2017 in BMJ Open, entitled “Sing Your Lungs Out—a community singing group for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a 1-year pilot study”.
  16. Learning on the Job: Creating a Plan For Your Professional Development in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: (February 3, 2021): In this episode, I talk about planning your professional development.
  17. Thinking About PREMs & the Patient Experience of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (January 13, 2021): In this episode, I discuss Patient-Reported Experience Measures, or PREMs. This is a continuation of the previous episode, in which I talk about Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).