This is a 2.5 day course on 9th Sept, 23rd Sept and 21st Oct. Please make sure you are available to attend all three days
Learning Outcomes:
- To help understanding of the physiology of asthma
- To understand the process of accurate diagnosis
- Develop an understanding of medications for asthma and their differing roles
- Knowledge of all inhalers with specific skills in the common types
- The importance of regular review and supervised self-management plans
- Allows discussion of relevant practice problems and their solutions
- Understand the importance of ongoing professional development
Programme
Day 1
Session 1- 9.30 - 12
Anatomy and Physiology –
What is asthma? How is asthma diagnosed?Signs/symptoms/History/tests
11am approx. COFFEE
Medications in common use
Session 2 1-3.45
Continuation of morning session with session on peakflow/ FEV1 and inhalers
An overview of the guidelines
Practice tasks between days - Self management plans/own practice reviews
Recall and records
Day 2
Session 3 9.30 - 12
Coffee and registration
Review work done since Day 1
Asthma Guidelines BTS/SIGN 2016
Good templates to aid review –what to include
Personal Asthma Action Plans
Session 4 1-3.45
The Acute Attack and overall management
Day 3
Session 5 9.30-12
Your session – Bring something interesting from practice to share or a question that can cause discussion - Everyone to partake then case studies of different ages
Following the course you will be sent slides and a certificate from BBO Training therefore your contact details will be shared with them.
Please note if you have not already supplied us with your registration number you will be contacted by us as we will need this information to secure your allocation of CPD funding.
The cost of the course includes 20% VAT.