Asthma and Changing Relievers: Let’s be SMART about it! Webinar

Learning Outcome

This webinar will give you new information on the changing therapeutic options in the asthma management landscape and how to incorporate these practices into actionable asthma action plans, school-based guidance, and everyday practice.

Topics

• Describe the evolving therapeutic options in asthma management.
• Explain how to integrate these advancements into asthma action plans, school-based guidance, and daily clinical practice.

Featured Speaker

Andrea A. Pappalardo, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. Pappalardo is board certified in three specialties: internal medicine, pediatrics and allergy/immunology and serves as the Allergy Service Director. Dr. Pappalardo recently served as the Medical Director for the Mobile Care Asthma Van, where she provided school-based asthma and allergy subspecialty care throughout Chicagoland in front of schools.

She believes strongly in increasing sub-specialty access in vulnerable populations in allergic diseases and in promoting health equity throughout Illinois.

Contact Hours

1.0 nursing contact hour will be offered upon successful completion of the program.

Successful completion: Participants must participate in the entire program and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate.

No relevant financial relationships were identified for any member of the planning committee or the presenter of the program.

Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

There is no charge to attend. This program is supported by a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health for the Asthma Quality Improvement in Critical Access Hospitals 2025 project.