Description
PLEASE NOTE: Our Asthma management workshop is currently unavailable as we are updating it in line with the new NICE guideline, published on 27th November 2024.
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.
