Health Care Professionals

 

The Lung Association has two societies for health care professionals - the Ontario Thoracic Society (OTS) and the Ontario Respiratory Care Society (ORCS), the new Primary Care Asthma Program (PCAP), which standardizes best practices in asthma management, is aligned with OTS and ORCS.

	The Ontario Respiratory Care Society The ORCS has a combined membership of more than 500 respiratory therapists, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, occupational therapists and other allied professionals.
	The Ontario Thoracic Society The OTS is a medical section of the Ontario Lung Association (OLA). Its membership consists primarily of respirologists practicing in Ontario.
	Provider Education Program The Lung Association offers a comprehensive Provider Education Program designed to support health care professionals with the most current medical and clinical information.

Primary Care Asthma Program PCAP is a standardized program based on best practices, outcomes from the PCAPP project and the Canadian Asthma Consensus Guidelines (CACG).