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Course Faculty

Robert C Cohn, MD
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Bill Galvin, MSEd RRT CPFT AE-C FAARC
Gwynedd Mercy College
Gwynedd Valley, PA

Thomas J Kallstrom, RRT FAARC AE-C
American Association for Respiratory Care
Irving, TX

Timothy R Myers, BS RRT-NPS
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH

Timothy B Op't Holt, EdD RRT AE-C
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

Saturday, September 20

	Broadway is only a stone’s throw away from Newark.

8:00A.M.–8:30 A.M.
Course Overview

8:30 A.M.–9:15 A.M.
Patient History and Assessment

9:15 A.M.–9:30 A.M.
Break

9:30 A.M.–10:15 A.M.
Pulmonary Function

10:15 A.M.–11:00 A.M.
Pathophysiology and Epidemiology of Asthma

11:00 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
Lunch—(Provided)

	Times Square, NYC

12:30 P.M.–1:15 P.M.
Communication/Interviewing Skills

1:15 P.M.–2:15 P.M.
Pharmacologic Management of Asthma

2:15 P.M.–2:30 P.M.
Break

2:30 P.M.–3:15 P.M.
Devices and Adjuncts to Self-Management

3:15 P.M.–4:00 P.M.
Self-Management Skills and Behavior Modification

4:00 P.M.–4:30 P.M.
Discussion

Sunday, September 21

8:00 A.M.–8:45 A.M.
Asthma Triggers

8:45 A.M.–9:30 A.M.
Managing Psychosocial Issues from a Clinical Based Perspective

	Central Park, NYC

9:30 A.M.–9:45 A.M.
Break

9:45 A.M.–10:30 A.M.
Educating the Patient

10:30 A.M.–11:00 A.M.
Organizational Issues

11:00 A.M.–11:30 A.M.
Test Taking Techniques

11:30 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
Discussion/Course Summary