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COURSES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS - NRTC Asthma Assessment and Management Course
WHEN:
January - April 2009
Compulsory Study days: March 11th and 12th 2009
WHERE:
Optional study evenings will take place in The Diabetes Centre KEMH weekly leading up to the compulsory days at Charities House.
WHAT:
Invest in your career. A comprehensive training program designed to expand clinical practice and expertise. Through greater understanding of the disease, participants build competence in assessment and diagnosis (including spirometry), pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management, clinical decision making in line with guidelines and evidence-based practice, and patient education.
Not just another lecture. Expert trainer. Small group setting. Interactive curriculum. Case studies and hands-on experience with assessment tools, devices, and equipment apply learning to practice during mid-course study days.
It's about change in practice. Self study throughout the course supports understanding of disease process and reinforces best practice as participants apply new skills to patient care. A patient management paper at course end demonstrates integration of knowledge and practice.
Graduates are prepared to provide excellent patient care.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate solid understanding of disease process and medications.
- Take a comprehensive patient history and understand significance of information gathered.
- Apply criteria for diagnosis and staging to case study patients.
- Design a comprehensive management plan for adults and children, including appropriate medications, devices, and self-monitoring.
- Write an asthma action plan.
- Recognize signs and symptoms of acute exacerbation and recommend proper treatment.
WHO
Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered respiratory therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists. Applicants are expected to be actively working with asthma patients, either in primary or secondary care.
ACCREDITATION
AANP. This program has been approved 24.8 contact hours of continuing education (which includes up to 13.9 hours of pharmacology) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0407272.
CBRN. The Asthma Course has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13556 for 49.8 contact hours.
COST
Open Airways will offer some full and part scholarships to cover The NRTC course fee of $595 to those working with respiratory patients and preference given to those who plan to stay in Bermuda for several years. Everyone will pay $250 administration fee at the start of the course, to cover the cost of planning the course, airfare and hotel costs for the US trainer, college room rental and refreshments during compulsory days + revision evenings and much more!
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REGISTER NOW (Deadline December 17th, 2008)
1. E-mail (asthmacentre@bermudahospitals.bm or lizboden@openairways.bm) or fax (to 236-8387) the following application form. Click Here to view Application Form.
2. Call Debbie Barboza in The Asthma Education Centre, KEMH 239-1652
Sponsored by Open Airways
Bermuda registered charity #458
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