Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood, affecting almost 7 million children in the United States. Poorly controlled asthma limits activities, interferes with school attendance and can result, all too often, in emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Our challenge remains to provide safe and effective treatment of asthma and allergies. We developed this program to provide a forum to discuss current topics related to the diagnosis and management of pediatric asthma and allergy with primary care providers, who care for the majority of these children.

This years course will be presented in a fully digital format via Zoom. 

Topics will include: 

• Asthma and COVID-19
• Management of Acute Asthma in the Emergency Room 
• Novel Allergy Interventions and more 
  

1. Recognize the impact of COVID-19 on asthma.
2. Develop strategies to diagnose and manage patients with asthma exacerbations.
3. Effectively utilize consultants for diagnosing and managing allergies.

• Physicians: $175.00
• Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses, School Nurses: $75.00
• Trainees: $75.00 

Pre-registration is required. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email with a registration receipt. Course access instructions will be sent 24 hours prior to the course launch. Please use an email you check frequently to ensure that you receive all of this important information. 

If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please direct all inquiries to cmedepartment@childrens.harvard.edu. 

Physician
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
 
AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.
 
Nurse
Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 6.0 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
 

Disclosure Policy
 
Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Friday, March 19, 2021