Welcome to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma in the Retail Clinic Setting: Challenges and Opportunities.

In this program, you will learn how to diagnose and treat asthma in both pediatric and adult patients in two educational presentations.

Target Audience: Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and other Allied Health Professionals working with patients with asthma.

This program is approved for AANP Contact Hours.

You may receive credit for each presentation by completing a pre-test, viewing the educational presentation, and then completing a post-test assessment. This program is sponsored by National Jewish Health and was supported by an educational grant from Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Pediatric Learning Objectives

  • Understand how to diagnose childhood asthma
  • Know how to manage an acute exacerbation of asthma in a child
  • Understand the principles of managing chronic asthma in children
  • Be familiar with medications used to treat childhood asthma
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Adult Learning Objectives

  • Describe the clinical characteristics of asthma
  • Explain how asthma is diagnosed
  • Discuss how asthma severity and control are assessed
  • Manage maintenance therapy and acute exacerbations of asthma
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