Therapeutic workshops: Asthma management & Reducing the Inhaler Carbon Footprint

These Face 2 Face or virtual workshops provide an opportunity for medicines optimisation team members and / or practice-based pharmacists and technicians, GPs and nurse prescribers to:

  • update clinical knowledge
  • be aware of the latest national guidance
  • network with colleagues
  • consider local implementation to support best practice and patient care

The workshops include a mix of lecture-style presentations and case studies plus plenty of opportunities for interaction. It also supports your professional revalidation.

Workshop content:

  • Diagnosis (brief overview)
  • Triggers and co-morbidities
  • Differences between asthma and COPD
  • Asthma guidelines
  • Steroid cards
  • NRAD report
  • Asthma review
  • How inhalers impact the environment and contribute to climate change
  • National guidance, NHS targets and activities supporting a reduction in inhaler carbon emissions
  •  Inhaler carbon emission data and how to use it
  • Inhaler switch strategies
  • Strategies to support reductions in inhaler carbon emissions which aim to also improve patient outcomes
  • Environmentally safe disposal or recycling of inhaler

If you’re interested in attending or hosting a workshop, please contact elearning@prescqipp.info.

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Description

These Face 2 Face or virtual workshops provide an opportunity for medicines optimisation team members and / or practice-based pharmacists and technicians, GPs and nurse prescribers to:

  • update clinical knowledge
  • be aware of the latest national guidance
  • network with colleagues
  • consider local implementation to support best practice and patient care

The workshops include a mix of lecture-style presentations and case studies plus plenty of opportunities for interaction. It also supports your professional revalidation.

Workshop content:

  • Diagnosis (brief overview)
  • Triggers and co-morbidities
  • Differences between asthma and COPD
  • Asthma guidelines
  • Steroid cards
  • NRAD report
  • Asthma review
  • How inhalers impact the environment and contribute to climate change
  • National guidance, NHS targets and activities supporting a reduction in inhaler carbon emissions
  •  Inhaler carbon emission data and how to use it
  • Inhaler switch strategies
  • Strategies to support reductions in inhaler carbon emissions which aim to also improve patient outcomes
  • Environmentally safe disposal or recycling of inhaler

If you’re interested in attending or hosting a workshop, please contact elearning@prescqipp.info.