Dealing with Asthma

Strengthen Your Clinical Approach to Asthma Management

This online course is designed to help clinicians refine their diagnostic skills, understand current guideline-directed therapy, and develop individualized treatment plans that reduce exacerbation's and improve patient outcomes. Participants will also review the latest asthma classifications, severity assessments, and inhaler techniques critical to optimal disease control.

By enrolling in this course, healthcare professionals will earn 1 Continuing Education (CE) Credit Hour, automatically reported to CE Broker, while gaining tools to enhance clinical decision-making and promote long-term asthma control.

This course delivers a detailed and practical approach to asthma management, focusing on real-world application in both acute and chronic care settings. Topics include:

• Understanding Asthma Pathophysiology: An overview of airway inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and reversible obstruction.
• Trigger Identification and Control: Recognizing environmental, occupational, and allergenic triggers and educating patients to mitigate exposure.
• Asthma Classification and Severity Assessment: Reviewing criteria for intermittent, mild, moderate, and severe persistent asthma.
• Pharmacological Management: A breakdown of short-acting beta agonists (SABAs), inhaled corticosteroids, leukotriene modifiers, and combination therapies.
• Inhaler Technique and Patient Education: Practical training to ensure medication delivery efficacy and adherence.
• Emergency and Long-Term Management Strategies: Responding to acute exacerbations and implementing long-term control plans based on national guidelines.

Completion Requirements:

To receive full CE credit, participants must:

• Register for this activity.
• Review the complete course content.
• Pass the post-test with a score of 70% or higher.
• Submit the course evaluation form.

Additional components such as discussion boards or reflective practice exercises may be included depending on course design

Important Disclosures:

• Conflict of Interest: The course planners, authors, and presenters report no conflicts of interest.
• Commercial Support: No commercial sponsorship or external funding supported this course.
• Non-Endorsement: Course approval does not constitute endorsement of any specific product or manufacturer.
• Off-Label Use: This course does not include discussion of unapproved or off-label uses of medications or devices.