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Activity Details

Target Audience

Allergy/Immunology and pulmonology clinicians who manage pediatric patients with asthma.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:

1. Optimally utilize recommended therapy algorithms and therapies for asthma in children 6 to 11 years of age based on new data and guidelines
2. Better define optimal asthma control in childhood in order to implement asthma control
3. Implement newer and more effective treatment for children with resistant or moderate-to-severe and severe asthma based on efficacy and safety data and different asthma endotypes
4. Employ a strong patient-provider collaborative approach to managing pediatric patients with asthma that includes patient and caregiver education, engagement, and shared decision making

Faculty

Bradley E. Chipps, MD
Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy and the Cystic Fibrosis Center
Sutter Medical Center
Capital Allergy and Respiratory Disease Center
Sacramento, CA

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

• Bradley E. Chipps, MD, has affiliations with AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Circassia, Genentech, Novartis, and TEVA (Consulting Fees).

The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

RMEI Medical Education, LLC

• Jacqui Brooks, MBBCh, MRCPsych, has no affiliations with commercial interests to disclose.
• Leslie Sharp has no affiliations with commercial interests to disclose.

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
Planners and Managers
The PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD; Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP; Judi Smelker-Mitchek, MBA, MSN, RN; and Jan Schultz, MSN, RN, CHCP, have nothing to disclose.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and RMEI Medical Education, LLC. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

How to Receive Credit

By reviewing the course content and successfully completing the post-test and evaluation, physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are entitled to receive up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. A statement of credit will be available to print from your user history page. Users must:

• Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures.
• Participate in the activity.
• Complete the activity evaluation.

Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive CME credit. You must score 75% or higher on the post-test to receive credit for this activity. All other participants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive a certificate of participation.

Statement of Commercial Support

This activity is jointly provided by RMEI Medical Education, LLC and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Genentech.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patients' conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Course Viewing Requirements

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