Asthma Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities

The Effects of Violence and Related Stress on Asthma

Cost: Free, 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit for physicians involved in providing patient care in the field of allergy/asthma/immunology
Participants will be able to demonstrate increased knowledge of the clinical treatment of allergy/asthma/immunology and be able to apply new information to their own practices.

Cost: Free, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Learn about: the negative effects of comorbidities on asthma disease burden and the ability to achieve asthma control; the negative outcomes on lung development from the failure to achieve optimum asthma control in children; and the role of patient and caregiver preferences in the shared decision‐making process and how to align treatment priorities.

Cost: Free, 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit; designed to meet the needs of family medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with asthma.
This educational activity discusses assessing asthma control, indicators for and evidence supporting biologics, and strategies for optimal patient evaluation and co-management through effective referrals and communication.

Cost: Free, 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit and AANP
Two experts from distinct clinical backgrounds – a primary care physician and a pulmonology PA – answer the top 5 questions primary care clinicians have about moderate-to-severe asthma.

Cost: Free, maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians
Credit can be obtained by reading the review article and completing all activity components. Participants will be able to demonstrate increased knowledge of the clinical treatment of allergy/asthma/immunology and be able to apply new information to their own practices.

Cost: Free, 1.0 CME/CEU
This one-hour training is designed to provide the latest information on asthma diagnosis and management. Topics include Stepwise Therapy, Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART), and severe asthma. It is ideal for healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and respiratory therapists.

Cost: Free, 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit and AANP
This educational activity provides a discussion on an advanced approach to asthma- epithelial alarmins and their management. Discover how TSLP and other upstream cytokine impact on downstream mediators and compare TSLP-targeted therapies to biologic management of downstream mediators.

Free. 1.0 ANCC nursing contact hour available. For school nurses and school health professionals caring for pediatric patients and their families.
This is a one hour recorded session of the clinic in the classroom presentation featuring Nandini Kataria, MD. Includes asthma review, high-level GINA guideline overview, medication devices.
More information about asthma and Michigan schools.

4 hours worth of CME, CNE, or CPE
Cost: Free
Topics include: Michigan Medicaid and Quitline Benefits for Tobacco Cessation, Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation, Connecting the Harms of Tobacco Use to Chronic Health Conditions, and Conversations for Screening, Responding, and Preventing Vaping
More information about tobacco smoke, e-cigarettes and asthma

Cost: $59 member/$119 non-member; this series contains six modules and awards 6 hours of CRCE for Respiratory Therapists.
This continuing education series highlights numerous critical updates to assure that asthma educators have both the knowledge to manage asthma and skills to facilitate our patients’ asthma self-management.

Cost: $35, 8.75 continuing education credits available to nurses and respiratory therapists, based on NAEPP’s “Four Components of Asthma Management”
More about the NAEPP guidelines

Cost: $49, 10 RN contact hours
Asthma signs and symptoms, diagnosis and assessment, pharmacologic treatments, long-term management, complications, breathing difficulty, and managing attacks.

Cost: Single $300, group option available; 14.0 continuing education credits for a variety of healthcare professionals.
This educational activity is a preparatory course for those qualified to take the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) certified asthma educator (AE-C) examination and also for individuals who want to implement asthma guidelines-based care.