| Target Professions: | DO, MD, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Associate/Assistant |
| Target Specialties: | Allergy and Immunology, Pulmonary/Respiratory, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics |
| Credits Available: | 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ |
This curriculum enables primary care providers to distinguish patients with severe uncontrolled asthma from those with severe difficult-to-treat asthma. Through practical guidance, participants will identify key signs and symptoms of severe asthma and risks of future exacerbations, along with expert guidance regarding when to consider referrals to specialists for potential treatment with biologic agents. This knowledge will help improve advanced-level management of patients with severe asthma.
Answer the following questions to assess your knowledge of severe uncontrolled asthma management.
Learn how to recognize uncontrolled asthma, make escalation and referral decisions, bridge the gap between guidelines and practice, and integrate collaborative care and referral frameworks into your primary care practice.
Learn how to understand real-world asthma control, the limitations of subjective assessments, how to apply objective tools and biomarkers, and barriers to implementing these tools in primary care settings.
Answer the following questions to assess what you have learned about the recognition and management of severe uncontrolled asthma.
This Live Group Discussion will focus on a 30-year-old male with recent increases in asthma symptoms and exacerbations. We will also address any questions regarding the baseline/final assessments and the self-study modules.
You will meet Jamarcus, a man diagnosed with asthma during high school. He presents with increasing asthma symptoms and thrush. Learn more about him to help determine a current diagnosis and treatment strategy.
You will meet Sheila, a middle-aged woman with asthma and multiple comorbidities. Listen to her history and symptoms to help determine a diagnosis and treatment strategy.
Considering the information reviewed and discussed during this program, please share an action plan that you will implement to improve outcomes for your patients with severe uncontrolled asthma.
This Live Group Discussion focuses on a 40-year-old female with asthma who has needed multiple courses of OCS in the past months. We will also review your submissions on the Patient Case Challenge and Action Plans.
