Physician Asthma Care Education
| Course Number: | Asthma 13 |
| Course Title: | Physician Asthma Care Education |
| Course Description: | PACE is a two-part interactive seminar to improve physician awareness, ability, and use of communication and therapeutic techniques for asthma management. Physicians who participated in PACE spent no more time with their patients than other physicians, but the patients had: • fewer days affected by asthma symptoms • fewer emergency room visits The PACE program was created to enhance treatment of asthma and the physician-patient partnership. PACE provides education for clinicians on how to employ the best current therapies for asthma. It also provides valuable information on how to communicate more effectively with patients and support patients' management efforts, helping them to better utilize the clinicians' recommendations. Your leadership and involvement in the PACE program can result in significant change in your practice community and enhancements in how your colleagues help their patients to function more fully. Part I of the training will occur on August 12 with dinner provided from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and the class from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Part II will occur on August 26 with the same schedule. Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Physicians. Determination of credit is pending. Presenter Dr. Greg Ledgerwood has been a national lecturer for the AAFP on a variety of allergy-related subjects and on a number of national advisory boards dealing with chronic respiratory diseases and allergy. He has published a number of articles related to respiratory disease in primary care and also written multiple chapters on asthma and allergy for primary care textbooks. He has served as a member of the STEPS committee for Chelan, Okanogan, and Douglas County providing input on asthma. He is currently the Co-chair for Physician Support with the Washington Asthma Initiative (WAI). This organization is dedicated to improving the recognition and treatment of asthma in Washington State by both patients and clinicians alike. It is affiliated with the American Lung Association of Washington (ALAW). He is also actively involved as a teacher/lecturer for the Asthma Education Institute. |
| Course Date: Time: |
Thursday, August 12, 2010 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
| Registration Deadline: | Thursday, Aug 26th, 2010 |
| Intended Audience: | Primary Care Physicians |
| Location: | Red Lion River Inn |
| Address: | 700 N. Division St. Spokane, WA 99202 |
| Clock Hours: | 0.0 Clock Hour(s) Offered |
| Cont. Ed. Hours: | 5.0 Continuing Education Hour(s) Offered |
| Instructor: | Dr. Greg Ledgerwood |
| Contact Person: | Kara Seaman kara.seaman@esd112.org 360-750-7500 x133 |
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