• Eileen G Collins, Gerene Bauldoff, Brian Carlin, Rebecca Crouch, Charles F Emery, Chris Garvey, Lana Hilling, Trina Limberg, Richard ZuWallack, Linda Nici, and American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
• Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Collins); Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Drs Bauldoff and Emery); Allegheny Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Carlin), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (Dr Crouch); Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California (Ms Garvey); John Muir Health, Concord, California (Ms Hilling); University of California at San Diego, California (Ms. Limberg); St. Francis Hospital Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Dr ZuWallack); and Providence VA Medical Center and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Nici).
• J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2014 Sep 1;34(5):291-302.

AbstractThe American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) recognizes that interdisciplinary health care professionals providing pulmonary rehabilitation services need to have certain core competencies. This statement updates the previous clinical competency guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation professionals, and it complements the AACVPR's Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs. These competencies provide a common core of 13 professional and clinical competencies inclusive of multiple academic and clinical disciplines. The core competencies include patient assessment and management; dyspnea assessment and management; oxygen assessment, management, and titration; collaborative self-management; adherence; medication and therapeutics; non-chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; exercise testing; exercise training; psychosocial management; tobacco cessation; emergency responses for patient and program personnel; and universal standard precautions.

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