Asthma Guideline Updates for Care Management

pittsburgh, PA US
June 5, 2025

This program will provide key updates to the 2024 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) clinical guideline, including asthma phenotypes, definitions of severity, goals of asthma therapy, and recommended pharmacotherapy. It will also include a description of Health Plan resources available to assist members with chronic conditions, including asthma. 

Target Audience

RNs / SW / Health Coaches / Paramedics / EMTs / CCM

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the goals of therapy for asthma. 

  1. Recognize the definitions, descriptions, and clinical usefulness of asthma severity. 

  1. Understand the clinical benefits of SMART therapy (Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy) for Steps 1 & 2 of asthma management. 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
04/21/2025
Course expires: 
07/04/2025
Event starts: 
06/05/2025 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
06/05/2025 - 2:00pm EDT
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1-120pm   Review of the goals of therapy for asthma.

120-140 pm  Overview of the definitions, descriptions, and clinical usefulness of asthma severity.

140 to 2pm  Review of the clinical benefits of SMART therapy (Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy) for Steps 1 & 2 of asthma management. 

 

600 Grant Street
pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States
+1 (412) 915-9698

Teams

Nicholas DeGregorio, MD, MMM, FACP 

Lindsay Joseph, PharmD 

Rebecca Nagle, RN 

Nursing (CNE) 

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour(s). 

CCM CE will be provided: 1.0 CE - CCM COA will be sent via email from UPMC Health Plan nurse planner approximately 6-8 weeks following the live date of the course. 

This activity is eligible for endorsed credit for UPMC Health Plan EMTs and Paramedics.  Complete ETHOS course work, obtain the attendance certificate, and submit to EMS governing body for 1.0 CE credit(s). 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit(s). 

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Paramedic/EMT CE is approved for any activity in which ANCC (nursing CE) is approved.  This is per Heather Bogdon and Christie Hempfling 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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