ECHO-Chicago: Complex Pediatric Asthma-Spring 2018

May 3, 2018 to July 26, 2018
In the United States 1 in 11 children is diagnosed with asthma making it the most common chronic childhood condition. High rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations due to asthma indicate subpar management. This is particularly true in Chicago where there is double the national average of asthma mortality in children and high rates of irreversible bronchial obstruction. A disproportionate amount of urban, minority, and underserved youth are affected by asthma. Black children in Chicago have 2-3 times higher prevalence rates and are less likely to receive recommended care than whites or Hispanics. If evidence-based asthma care guidelines are routinely followed, this morbidity and mortality is preventable.
 
The ECHO-Chicago: Complex Pediatric Asthma series aims to increase the use of best practices for pediatric asthma in the community and to improve health outcomes for low-income children suffering with asthma in Chicago.

Visit the ECHO-Chicago website for more information!

Target Audience

This activity has been designed physicians and other healthcare professionals interested in the treatment of complex pediatric asthma.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participatants will be able to:

  • State how to identify patients with asthma using common tests for diagnosis and assessment of severity;
  • Describe common treatment plans for asthma including pharmacotherapy, environmental modifications, patient and family education, and school-based interventions;
  • Review how to monitor asthma symptoms adequately to control symptoms;
  • Describe common comorbid conditions of asthma and differential diagnoses.

 

 

 

 

Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Kanika Mittal
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
kmittal@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-2213
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 12.00 Participation
Event starts: 
05/03/2018 - 8:00am
Event ends: 
07/26/2018 - 9:00am
Activity opens: 
07/26/2018
Activity expires: 
10/26/2018
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Online Webinar
Chicago, IL
United States
PLANNING COMMITTEE
  Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
  University of Chicago Medicine
 
 
 
 
  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  University of Chicago Medicine
 
 
 
 
University of Chicago
 
Kanika Mittal, MS
Director of Operations, ECHO-Chicago
University of Chicago
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Healthcare Professions Credit
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Registration: For more information about ECHO, visit the program website below.
 
 
 
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