NHS Online Course | Dysfunctional Breathing Training

Online forums Rehabilitation Respiratory

Tue 18 Mar 2025 09:30-15:20

Online Course, 5 CPD Hours

CPD training to enhance your assessment and treatment skills for disordered breathing

This online course will educate you in the key principles of managing dysfunctional breathing, ensure best practice assessment structures and learn new management tools and outcome measures to enhance your current practice. This is a great opportunity to, not only benchmark your current assessment skills, but also benefit from evidence-based training. Go back to your team with a clear understanding of how to improve the outcomes for your patients with breathing pattern disorders (BPD).

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Dysfunctional Breathing Training for Physiotherapists

Online 5 CPD hours Winter Sale! £266+VAT

Reduce your pressures with structured NHS training, expertly led

As more patients present with breathing pattern disorders in services across the country, equip your team with the knowledge and skills to effectively assess, diagnose and manage your patient load. Whether you have one session with your patients or many, leave this workshop with new tools to manage breathing pattern disorders to:

Evaluate different methods for assessment to ensure accurate diagnosis
Cement your understanding of musculoskeletal conditions and its impact on BPD
Manage the diversity of your workload with practical tips
Explore alternative treatment options for differential diagnosis
Develop pre and post rehabilitation protocols to measure patient outcomes
Understand related co-morbidities and their impact on patient rehabilitation

Developed with convenience in mind: join this NHS online course remotely

With an enhanced emphasis on networking, interactive discussion and idea sharing, this unique training will provide you with all the elements you need to deliver change through:

Evidenced based examples and knowledge implementation: practical steps improve your assessment and management skills
Interactive presentations: ask critical questions and learn from your leading expert, Dr Rachel Garrod, Respiratory Physiotherapist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Galway
Close room discussion: benefit from hearing your fellow attendees’ pitfalls and triumphs of managing disordered breathing patterns
Agreed action plan: leave your training with the confidence to implement tangible changes to benefit your patients and the wider team

This course is available for in-house training

9:30	Join, tech support and opportunity to network in your meeting room
10:00	Introduction, instructions and leader’s opening remarks
Fundamental training for dysfunctional breathing
10:10	Underlining your understanding of dysfunctional breathing Solidifying your understanding of key elements of dysfunctional breathing patterns including the role of CO2 Prevalence within different populations including Long COVID Consideration of other causes of Dysfunctional Breathing and when to refer on
11:00	Questions and answers with your workshop leader
11:10	Screen break
Assessing breathing pattern disorders
11:20	Evaluating and implementing different assessment tools for dysfunctional breathing Considering the right assessment strategies and application of different assessment tools How to assess patients presenting with breathing pattern disorder Evaluating the impact of questionnaires, observations and symptom replication as assessment tools
12:00	Questions and answers with your workshop leader
12:10	Interactive discussion: Comparing service models for dysfunctional breathing What your dysfunctional breathing service look like? What is commissioned in your service? What other services are supporting your respiratory team? How would you like to see this developed?
12:30	Lunchtime screen break
1:00	Treating breathing pattern disorders and delivering effective retraining methods Exploring different treatments models for disordered breathing What is most effective? Encouraging the best outcome for your patients What can we do with limited time? Delivering effective treatments in short sessions
1:50	Questions and answers with your workshop leader
2:00	Screen break
2:10	Lifestyle Management issues in relation to Dysfunctional Breathing Physical coping skills for stress fatigue, anxiety and pain management Meditation, exercise, pacing, Vagus nerve and dysautonomia Consideration of other aspects of breathlessness treatments (clinics)
2:50	Final reflections and summery of learning outcomes Creating a treatment plan
3:00	Questions and answers with your workshop leader
3:10	Final reflections
3:20	Close of study day

Share in first-hand expert speaker experience

This unique workshop packed with examples of best practice, novel ideas and expert advice from:

Dr Rachel Garrod

Job Title:

Respiratory Physiotherapist and Senior Lecturer

Organisation

University of Galway

Biography

Rachel graduated from Guys School of Physiotherapy in 1991 and then worked in a number of teaching hospitals in London. In 1987 she obtained an M.Sc. in Health Sciences and specialised in respiratory care. In 2001 she was awarded a PhD in pulmonary rehabilitation. As Assistant Professor Physiotherapy, St George’s University she led on undergraduate and post graduate respiratory teaching and research. With over 100 peer reviewed publications, a number of book chapters and as editor of “Pulmonary Rehabilitation: An interdisciplinary approach”, she is an international expert on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Clinically, Rachel’s area of expertise is in the delivery of exercise for people with chronic health problems, such as diabetes, COPD, renal failure and hypertension. Her rehabilitation programmes feature components such as balance re-education, progressive resisted exercise, gait and posture training. She teaches breathing re-training, Inspiratory Muscle Training and provides physical activity therapies for people with cardio-respiratory conditions, such as asthma, emphysema, hyperventilation, and panic disorders. She is trained in both mindfulness and hypnotherapy.

Rachel moved to Spain in 2014, where she provides domiciliary and online respiratory physiotherapy / pulmonary rehabilitation. She works in in conjunction with a number of hospitals and clinics in Marbella. Rachel continues to be active in lecturing; 29th Annual Panhellenic Scientific Congress of Physiotherapy, Athens, December 2019; a series of webinars for the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care, February 2021; Symposium “Dysfunctional Breathing Patterns” Irish Chartered Society of Physiotherapists Annual Conference 2021. In June 2022 she provided 2 days lecturing “Advanced Pulmonary Rehabilitation” for the Irish Respiratory Physiotherapy Society and has recently been appointed module lead for Galway University´s MSc in Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Rachel, in conjunction with a late-stage COPD patient, has recently published “The Secret to Thriving with COPD” – a unique book written for people with COPD which advocates for pulmonary rehabilitation using the patient perspective and that of a health professional. Rachel has an online video-based course, “A Guide to Better Breathing for Life” which is available on Udemy.com.

Rachel has recently evolved an online pulmonary rehabilitation hub providing weekly live zoom sessions and a portal of education and breathing exercise videos.

Pricing Structure

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

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Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This online training course is ideal for NHS professionals who are working in respiratory services and are engaged in rehabilitation. Whether you are based in an Acute Trust or Community Service, this workshop is for you! We are expecting attendance from, but not limited to:

Past attendee feedback

This CPD training course follows on from the well received, ‘Non-Pharmacological Management for COPD’ which took place online in September 2023, and was described as ‘excellent’ and ‘a great way of sharing best practice’. Here is some further feedback from attendees who enjoyed this training:

“Very enjoyable, had a good update”
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

“Really good, interactive and engaging. Very informative”
Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

"Really enjoyed this study day, I think the entire team have done a great job of ensuring this was interactive and informative!"
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

“Really lovely interact way to meet other clinical staff in respiratory and to share ideas and how we can develop our services!”
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

"Excellent networking learning"
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

“It was really helpful to discuss with colleagues from across the country how their services are working”
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Dysfunctional Breathing Training for Physiotherapists