CME webinar: Pediatric Asthma Management Guidelines
Jul. 2022Education/Webinars
"Please join us for a live, CME-accredited webinar Wednesday, Aug. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. The presentation will include an overview of the latest 2020 Pediatric Asthma Management Guidelines, including:
Presenters:
Register now at upmchp.us/asthma. This webinar will be recorded.
You may earn continuing medical education (CME) credits for attending this webinar.*
*This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and ANCC. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Provider is responsible for verifying CME eligibility."
- The use of as-needed courses of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of mild persistent asthma.
- The use of single-inhaler maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) in moderate persistent asthma.
- Strategies and potential barriers to the implementation of new asthma management guidelines.
- Sharing UPMC Health Plan asthma resources.
Presenters:
- Erick Forno, MD, MPH, ATSF, Director, CHP Pediatric Asthma Center Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Deborah Moss, MD, MPH, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Division of General Academic Pediatrics; Pediatric Medical Director, UPMC for You; and Medical Director, UPMC for Kids
- Erin McConnell, PharmD, Program Manager, Pharmacy Quality, UPMC Health Plan
Register now at upmchp.us/asthma. This webinar will be recorded.
You may earn continuing medical education (CME) credits for attending this webinar.*
*This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and ANCC. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Provider is responsible for verifying CME eligibility."
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