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 and AAPA Category I CME credit.

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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