This well-established and highly successful AARC program is
a 11/2-day course designed to assist respiratory therapists,
nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals who
are actively involved in asthma education or those interested
in becoming an Asthma Educator-Certified (AE-C), a credential
awarded by the National Asthma Educator Certification Board
(NAECB). (Visit www.naecb.org
for information on the NAECB examination, including sites the
exam will be offered. Note: This course is not endorsed, cosponsored
or in any way affiliated with the NAECB.)
The content of the course is based on the content outline of
the NACEB examination and will assist the participants in recall,
application, and analysis as it relates to specific areas of
the examination. In addition to the content related to the NAECB
examination, information about asthma disease management and
asthma management protocols will be presented. Topics to be
covered on the course include:
- Pathophysiology and epidemiology of asthma
- Pharmacologic management of asthma
- Review and interpretation of pulmonary function
- Patient history and physical assessment
- Teaching patients self-management skills and behavioral
modification
- Environmental factors of asthma
- Identification and remediation
- Development, implementation, and evaluation of an asthma
management plan
- Devices and adjuncts to asthma self-management
- Asthma protocols
- Identifying and measuring asthma disease management programs
outcomes
At the beginning of the program, attendees will be provided
with a self-scoring examination to assist them in gauging their
knowledge about the topics to be presented in the course. At
the conclusion, participants will have an opportunity to review
their results with the program faculty. This course is designed
for professionals actively involved in asthma management and
therefore assumes that participants have basic knowledge and
skills in this area.
This workshop is approved for 11.75 hours
of continuing education credit (CRCE) for respiratory therapists.
This continuing nursing education activity, for 12.3 contact
hours, was approved by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited
approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation.
Saturday,
August 7
11:30 am–12:30
pm
Registration
12:30 pm–12:55
pm
Course Overview
Thomas Kallstrom RRT FAARC AE-C
Timothy Myers BS RRT-NPS
1:00 pm–1:55
pm
Pathophysiology and Epidemiology of Asthma
Robert Cohn MD
1:55 pm–2:15 pm
Break
2:15 pm–3:05 pm
Pharmacologic Management of Asthma
Dennis Williams PharmD AE-C
3:10 pm–4:05 pm
Asthma Triggers
Thomas Kallstrom RRT FAARC AE-C
4:05 pm–4:25 pm
Break
4:25 pm–5:10 pm
Educating the Patient
Bill Galvin MSEd RRT CPFT
Sunday,
August 8
7:30 am– 8:25 am
Patient History and Assessment
Robert Cohn MD
8:30 am–9:25
am
Pulmonary Function
Timothy Myers BS RRT-NPS
9:25 am–9:40 am
Break
9:40 am–10:35 am
Devices and Adjuncts to Self-Management
Dennis Williams PharmD AE-C
10:35 am–11:35 am
Self-Management Skills and Behavior Modification
Robert Cohn MD
11:35 am–12:30
pm
Lunch
(provided)
12:30 pm–1:25 pm
Communication/Interviewing
Skills
Bill Galvin MSEd RRT CPFT
1:30 pm–2:25 pm
Asthma
Disease Management
Thomas Kallstrom RRT FAARC AE-C
2:25 pm–2:40 pm
Break
2:40 pm–3:35
pm
Asthma
Protocols
Timothy Myers BS RRT-NPS
3:35 pm–4:00
pm
Open
Forum: Review of Self-Scoring Examination, Sharing Ideas,
Networking
Timothy Myers BS RRT-NPS
4:00 pm
Adjournment
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