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Continuing Medical Education Calendar
For more information on these and other educational activities, or to add your educational activity to our calendar, contact the AAAAI Executive Office at (414) 272-6071 or cme@aaaai.org.
New CME OpportunitiesOnline AAAAI/ACAAI Certification/Maintenance of Certification Board Review Course
All the content of the live course offered in April 2008 is now available online. Visit the AAAAI Members Center and select "Online Board Review Course." Funded through an educational grant from Teva Specialty Pharmaceuticals.
2008 Virtual Annual Meeting: Unable to attend all of the sessions that you wanted to at the 2008 Annual Meeting? Couldn't make it to Philadelphia? The 2008 Virtual Annual Meeting offers webcasts and audio recordings of most Annual Meeting sessions, and offers up to 107/129 CME/CE credits. For more information or to place an order, visit www.annualmeeting.aaaai.org and select the link for "Virtual Meeting." Funded through an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline. top
AAAAI-Sponsored Live Meetings
2009 AAAAI Practice Management Workshop
July 10-12, 2009
Boston, MA
In-Training Exam for AAAAI Members
July 15-22, 2009
Online
What You Need to Know About Allergies & Asthma
September 12, October 24 and November 7, 2009
Corpus Christi, Brownsville and Waco/Temple, Texas
Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society. For more information contact Connie Mawer at (512) 451-6108.
Fall 2009 Symposium of the Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology
September 26, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. For more information, visit www.laallergysociety.org or contact Cathy Pollak at (310) 839-5763.
Wisconsin Allergy Society 2009 Annual Meeting
October 10, 2009
Fluno Center, Madison, WI
Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the Wisconsin Allergy Society. For more information contact Sarah Walkowiak at (414) 266-6840.
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AAAAI-Sponsored Enduring MaterialsThe listings below are programmed either directly by the AAAAI or jointly with other organizations. Earn CME credit from the AAAAI for your participation.
ASTHMA IQ: EPR-3
Learn and apply the new EPR-3 asthma guidelines in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients with asthma. EPR-3 can help you select the most appropriate severity or control level and initiate or adjust therapies based on the EPR-3 stepwise approach. To access the module visit http://www.asthmaiq.com and select CME/Tutorials
ASTHMA IQ: Pay for Performance
The pay for performance (P4P) module explains the current climate of P4P programs and steps to take to meet targets that may be set by local organizations. To access the module visit http://www.asthmaiq.com and select CME/Tutorials
ASTHMA IQ: Performance Improvement Module
The Asthma Performance Improvement Module (PIM) will show you how your outcomes and processes of care for your patients compare with the EPR-3 guidelines for managing asthma. The PIM is also designed to fulfill Part 4 of the Maintenance of Certification for the ABAI and offers 20 credits. For more information or to register visit at
http://www.aaaai.org/members/asthma_iq
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
The JACI features two series of review articles: "Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology" and "Mechanisms of Allergic Diseases" for CME credit. Articles can be accessed online at http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymai.
The Mechanisms of Allergic Diseases series is funded through an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.
Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases
The 2008 Mini-Primer is available online at no cost to AAAAI members. Visit www.aaaai.org/members/jaci.stm for more information.
Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure for your Patients: Practical Office Counseling Techniques
AAAAI-sponsored activity produced in conjunction with the Smoke Free Homes project. Designed to educate clinicians about practical office counseling techniques that may be used to reduce secondhand smoke exposure for patients. Online modules can be accessed at www.kidslivesmokefree.org. For more information, contact Lauri Sweetman at the AAAAI executive office at (414) 272-6071 or e-mail lsweetman@aaaai.org.
Respiratory Digest
Jointly-sponsored by the AAAAI and MediCine Inc. Available articles are online at www.aaaai.org/aadmc.
Funded through an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S. Inc.
World Allergy Organization (WAO) Online Food Allergy Learning Program
Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the WAO. Available online at www.waolearningmodule.org. For more information, contact Jennie Smazik at jsmazik@worldallergy.org. top
Other ProgramsThese programs may be of interest to AAAAI members, but have no direct affiliation with the AAAAI and do not offer CME credit from the AAAAI.
ACAAI Online Courses in Allergy/Immunology
Sponsored by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
Courses are free, but there is a $15 processing fee for each module's CME credit. The courses can be found on the ACAAI Web site at www.acaai.org for ACAAI members and at http://allergy.mcg.edu in the physician information section.
Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF)
LeBien Visiting Professor Program
Teaching hospitals throughout North America may request a leading clinical immunologist to lead Grand Rounds or present at other educational activities. Visit the IDF Web site at www.primaryimmune.org or call 800.296.4433 for more information.
2009 Aspen Allergy Conference
July 28 – August 1, 2009
Travel Grants: This year, a limited number of travel grants (approx. 20) will be available to provide funding for Fellows-in-Training, Junior Faculty Members and Young Clinicians to help defray the actual costs of attending the annual Aspen Allergy Conference.
Eligibility for Travel Grants:These grants will be open to three potential groups:
1. Fellows-in-Training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology Training Programs
2. Junior Faculty Members within ten years of their fellowship training
3. Young practicing clinicians in Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology within 10 years of their fellowship training
Scientific Abstracts (Recommended): Abstract presentations are welcomed and selected for either oral or poster presentations. Potential topics of the abstracts can be related to any topic of special interest to the allergy community. As with the State of the Art presentations, there is an exceptional amount of time allotted for discussion after all abstract presentations.
To clarify, three oral abstracts are selected by the Aspen Allergy Conference Steering Committee. We receive abstracts from our travel grant recipients, pharma companies, allergist, asthma and immunologists, PhD's etc.
Clinical Allergy for the Practicing Physician
July 31 – August 1, 2009
The Westin St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Credit: Washington University designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Specialties: This activity is designed to provide information useful and suitable particularly for primary care physicians, internists, pediatricians, allergists, and pulmonologists. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants as well as other members of the health care team will find the activity useful in the care of their patients with asthma and allergic diseases.
Keywords: Allergy, asthma, food allergies, anaphylaxis, immune mediated dermatologic conditions, Omalizumab, FeNO, cytokines, tracheobronchomalacia, IgE and hypereosinophilia, SLIT, allergic rhinitis, hereditary angiodema
Description: The audience will be apprised of the newest advancements, procedures, medications, and patient care approaches that are now being employed as a standard of care. The intended result of this activity is improvements in competence, performance and patient care and at the conclusion of this seminar attendees will be able to:
- Properly assess the severity level of patients with asthma.
- Evaluate the level of asthma control in patients being treated for asthma.
- Utilize a greater knowledge base relative to food allergies and learn approaches that will improve their evaluation of patients with suspected food allergy.
- Care for an allergic emergency such as anaphylaxis that could occur within their office setting.
- Discuss the different forms of immune mediated dermatologic conditions, which will help them diagnose and care for these illnesses.
EAACI 2009
Pediatric Allergy & Asthma Meeting
November 12-14, 2009 Venice, Italy
World Allergy Congress
December 6-10, 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The biennial international scientific meeting of the World Allergy Organization. For more information, visit www.worldallergy2009.com.
14th International Congress of Immunology
August 22-27, 2010
Kobe, Japan
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Future Annual Meeting Schedule
| Year |
Dates |
Location |
| 2010 |
February 26-March 2 |
New Orleans, LA |
| 2011 |
March 18-22 |
San Francisco, CA |
| 2012 |
March 2-6 |
Orlando, FL |
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AAAAI Accreditation Statements
AAAAI ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS
CME: The American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CE: The American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) is a Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #10704.
AAAAI DESIGNATION STATEMENT
CME: The AAAAI designates its directly- and jointly-sponsored activities on an hour-for-hour basis in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spends in the educational activity. |
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