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May - Healthy Lungs

Healthy Lungs

May is the month of World Asthma Day (1st) and World No Tobacco Day (31st), so this month's theme is 'Healthy Lungs'. This is a perfect opportunity to team up with other organisations and charities such as the British Lung Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

You could focus on infections, genetic disorders, transplants, cancer or occupational disease, there are plenty of links to most pathology specialties.

Why not team up with local respiratory physicians or radiologists to hold an event in your area?

Resources

As part of National Pathology Year we have created a number of resources, including posters, flyers and handouts to help you organise events. You can also find advice and guidance on how to organise, promote and evaluate events.

  • Publicise your event with this range of downloadable posters and flyers, also find links to consent forms, our logo and the National Pathology Year booklet.
    Marketing Materials

    Publicise your event with this range of downloadable posters and flyers, also find links to consent forms, our logo and the National Pathology Year booklet.

  • Here’s a ready-made event – The Pathology Quiz! There are 4 rounds of questions, including a true and false round and a Family Fortunes-style round where you have to guess what answers the public gave. The answers are all included.
    Pathology Quiz

    Here’s a ready-made event – The Pathology Quiz! There are 4 rounds of questions, including a true and false round and a Family Fortunes-style round where you have to guess what answers the public gave. The answers are all included.

  • A list of event template guides based on previous successful events. They cover everything from how to hold an event in a hospital foyer to holding an interactive science workshop with teenagers.
    Event Templates

    A list of event template guides based on previous successful events. They cover everything from how to hold an event in a hospital foyer to holding an interactive science workshop with teenagers.

  • A range of presentations is available to help you with your event, some focus on specific pathology themes, while others are on more general topics like 'Pathology Myths' and 'Careers in Pathology'.
    Pathology Presentations

    A range of presentations is available to help you with your event, some focus on specific pathology themes, while others are on more general topics like 'Pathology Myths' and 'Careers in Pathology'.

  • The individual letters that make our 'A-Z of Pathology' are available separately. If you have access to a colour printer you can print each letter A4-sized and use them as part of a poster display, banner or just to decorate the wall of your department.
    Individual Letter Posters

    The individual letters that make our 'A-Z of Pathology' are available separately. If you have access to a colour printer you can print each letter A4-sized and use them as part of a poster display, banner or just to decorate the wall of your department.

  • The organiser pack includes advice and guidance on evaluating your event and tips for perfect pathology presentations.
    National Pathology Year Organiser Pack

    The organiser pack includes advice and guidance on evaluating your event and tips for perfect pathology presentations.

  • World Asthma Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) in collaboration with health care groups and asthma educators to raise awareness about asthma and improve asthma care throughout the world.
    1st May - World Asthma Day

    World Asthma Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) in collaboration with health care groups and asthma educators to raise awareness about asthma and improve asthma care throughout the world.

  • Three people a day die from asthma. Asthma UK is a charity dedicated to changing this. Why not organise an event focussing on how asthma can affect people's lives?
    www.asthma.org.uk

    Three people a day die from asthma. Asthma UK is a charity dedicated to changing this. Why not organise an event focussing on how asthma can affect people's lives?

  • World No Tobacco Day is organised by the World Health Organization, and aims to encourage governments and countries to work towards more strict regulation of tobacco products.
    31st May - World No Tobacco Day

    World No Tobacco Day is organised by the World Health Organization, and aims to encourage governments and countries to work towards more strict regulation of tobacco products.

  • The British Lung Foundation (BLF) is a UK charity working for everyone affected by lung disease. They focus on providing support for people affected by lung disease.
    The British Lung Foundation

    The British Lung Foundation (BLF) is a UK charity working for everyone affected by lung disease. They focus on providing support for people affected by lung disease.

  • Cystic Fibrosis is one of the UK's most common, life-threatening, inherited diseases. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is a UK charity dealing with all aspects of Cystic Fibrosis.
    The Cystic Fibrosis Trust

    Cystic Fibrosis is one of the UK's most common, life-threatening, inherited diseases. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is a UK charity dealing with all aspects of Cystic Fibrosis.

  • Healthline provides a very comprehensive overview of COPD as a critical starting point for individuals and/or their loved ones.
    Healthline COPD Learning Centre

    Healthline provides a very comprehensive overview of COPD as a critical starting point for individuals and/or their loved ones.

 
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