EQIPP: Asthma

EQIPP: Asthma is organized by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and will be held from Sep 22, 2016 - Sep 21, 2019. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 54 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

The goals of this EQIPP: Asthma course are to Provide you guidance on asthma diagnosis, its control and follow-up, spirometry testing and measurement, medications administration, flu vaccination, asthma action plan development and active partnership between providers and patients in patient education and self-management.

Learning Objectives :
By the end of this course, you will be able to recognize critical responsibilities which include the following:
• Diagnose asthma: Characterize asthma in the initial assessment.
• Asthma control and follow up: Achieve and maintain control of the clinical manifestations of the disease for prolonged periods.
• Spirometry: Understand the role of spirometry in the diagnosis of asthma and the ongoing role of spirometry in asthma management.
• Medications: Use guidelines for prescribing, adjusting, or maintaining a medication regimen to gain and maintain control of asthma.
• Vaccinate: Learn of evidence-based recommendations regarding flu shots.
• Asthma action plan: Involve patients directly in self-management by providing clear, written instructions of the agreed-upon treatment plan for at-home use.
• Education: Develop active partnerships in asthma education and the essential educational messages to provide to patients.
• Schooled in asthma: Learn techniques practitioners can use to develop a school-relevant asthma history intake, open the lines of communication between practice and school personnel, learn about prescribing practices for school-age patients, get ready to work with schools and your community to help them manage asthma correctly.
• Initial assessment and management: Learn about initial assessment and management.
• Hospital course: Provide frequent assessment, including clinical assessment of respiratory distress and fatigue, and objective measurement of airflow (peak expiratory flow [PEF] or forced expiratory volume in the first second of expiration [FEV1]) and oxygen saturations.
• Discharge planning: Learn of information that should be included in the written plans (Asthma Discharge Plan and Action Plan), the principles of the stepwise approach for managing the asthma long-term, and procedures for organizing patient follow-up in a hospital setting.
• In this course, you will use baseline practice measurements to identify opportunities to increase immunization rates through Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles.