2024 NC Asthma Summit: Asthma Management with a SMARTT Approach
May 8–May 9, 2024 Open Allied Health Nursing
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Description
Kick off Asthma and Allergy Awareness month at this interprofessional Summit, with an optional pre-Summit afternoon educational activity by the Association of Asthma Educators (AAE). Learn more about a "SMARTT" (Social Determinants of Health, Management/Medications, Asthma Guidelines, Reality/Recommendation/Research, Triggers and Tools) approach to care of persons with asthma. Exhibitors will be on-site at the Summit with information about asthma-related products and services. The Summit is a collaboration between MAHEC and the Asthma Alliance of North Carolina (AANC).
MAIN EVENT
2024 NC Asthma Summit: Asthma Management with the SMARTT Approach
May 9, 2024 | 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
*The optional pre-Summit AAE Educational Activity is the afternoon of May 8, 2024 from 12 - 4 PM.
Becoming an Asthma Educator and Care Manager (BAECM)
For more information and to register, go to the AAE course weblink.
![AANC](http://sys.mahec.net/media/arialimages/AANC%20Logo.jpg)
Lodging
While there are no hotel blocks available this year, there are a few affordable, nearby hotels from which to choose. Search for hotels near the event venue address:St. Mark's Church
1230 St. Mark's Church Road
Burlington, NC 27215
Participant information will be shared with the AANC.
Target Audience
Health Educators; Healthcare Professionals including Nurses, Respiratory Therapists and other interested professionals.
Objectives
- Discuss the social determinants of health related to asthma
- Compare current management strategies and medications for asthma
- Incorporate the current best practice guidelines into asthma care
- Relate the latest in recommendations and research for asthma care
- List the potential indoor and outdoor triggers of asthma
- Recognize and treat asthma exacerbations related to allergy trigger(s)
- Utilize proper technique for use of asthma-related devices
Faculty
- Allison J. Burbank, MD
- Candace G. Cahoon, MHS RCP RRT CPFT AE-C
- Karla J. DeHaven, RN, BSN, NCSN, CCHC-C
- Lisa B. Feierstein, BSN RN MBA
- Neasha B. Graves, MPA
- Sarah Hatcher, PhD
- Ruth R. Medlin, BSN, RN, AE-C
- Ray Riordan, MS
- Jeanine M. Sharpe, BSW, MSW, ACSW
- Amy Trees, BS, RCP, AE-C, RPFT
- Karin Yeatts, PhD