"Asthma and the Primary Care Provider:
Who is Really in Control?"

 To take the online evaluation and print your certificate please click here! (no special log-in required!) This link will expire December 19, 2014, after this date credit will no longer be issued for attendance. 

Dates & Locations

Wednesday, November 5, 2014  Port St. Lucie FL     

PGA Museum of Golf,  8565 Commerce Center Parkway, Port St. Lucie FL 34986

(West on St. W Lucie Blvd, 3^rd exit on roundabout to  PGA Center for Golf learning and Performance)

Thursday, November 6, 2014     West Palm Beach, FL

Breakers West Country Club,1550 Flagler Pkwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33411  

(3 miles west of Florida Turnpike or ¼ mile east of State Road 441 on Okeechobee Boulevard)

Objectives:

• Review the pathophysiology of asthma and emerging data on chronic inflammation, airway remodeling, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness.
• Discuss evidence based strategies for classifying asthma severity, initiating therapy, and achieving asthma control.
• Identify strategies to overcome barriers to care and improve outcomes in patients with difficult to manage asthma.

Target Audience

Members and Guests of the Palm Beach County Pediatric Society, Pediatric Dentists, pulmonologists, primary care physicians, internal medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, and any healthcare provider who treats pediatric patients with asthma.

 AMA PRA Category I Credit™ (1.0 hour)                                                            

Physicians This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of FMA, AKH and CME University. Florida Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Florida Medical Association designates this live educational live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category I Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Criteria for Success: Statements of credit will be awarded based on the participant’s attendance, completion of pre/posttest and submission of the activity evaluation form. A statement of credit will be available upon completion of an online claimed credit form at www.akhcme.com/pbpsasthma. If you have questions about this CME/CE activity, please contact AKH Inc. at [email protected] There is no fee to participate in this activity; there is fee for the dinner meeting. This activity is supported by an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim.

Course Director

Shannon Fox-Levine, M.D., President, Palm Beach Pediatric Society

Palm Beach Pediatric Society meetings are only open to our members and guests of our physician members.  Our medical meetings offer continuing physician education. Industry Partner Limited Members,  non-profit representatives, for-profit business representatives and non-physician hospital representatives are welcome to help support our society through the purchase of a display.  Each purchased display is invited to include  five registered reception attendees. Participation in the CME dinner presentation is not included.  This meeting is not open to the entire pediatric community like our March 6, 2014 Children's Services Fair event, except for the display/exhibitor opportunity. 

Meeting Registration Information. Click the date below to register! 

Cost: $35.00 per person for Provider members in good standing (updated online profiles)
Cost: $75.00 per person for non-members, some limited members & guests

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Port St. Lucie Registration    

Thursday, November 6, 2014 West Palm Beach Registration  

Printable Meeting Information  Click here!