Asthma Management for the Multidisciplinary Team
Target Audience: Pharmacist
Course Overview
The Global Initiative for Asthma has published a Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention, updated in 2025. Asthma is a global health problem that affects all age groups and requires ongoing medical management and education. Most patients can achieve good control of their asthma by following the updated guidelines, thereby avoiding serious asthma exacerbations. This enables them to avoid the need for reliever medications, permits them to be physically active, and have normal to near-normal lung function. Treatment of asthma should be tailored to each patient based on their symptoms, risk factors, and the effectiveness and availability of their medication.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- List the diagnostic criteria and symptoms of asthma
- Construct a standard asthma management plan
- Describe the mechanisms of action for medications used for the treatment of asthma
- Identify initial treatment options for asthma management
Faculty
I. Introduction
II. What is Asthma?
III. Prevalence of Asthma
IV. Diagnosing Asthma
V. Assessment of Asthma
VI. General Principles of Asthma Management
VII. Mechanism of Action for Medications Used in Asthma Treatment
VIII. Medications and Strategies for Asthma Symptom Control and Risk Reduction
IX. Initial Asthma Treatment
X. Reviewing Responses and Adjusting Treatment
A. Step-up Asthma Therapy
B. Step-down Asthma Therapy
XI. Treating Modifiable Risk Factors
XII. Education and Skills Training
XIII. Difficult-to-treat and Severe Asthma
XIV. Summary
From September 1, 2025 through September 1, 2028, participants must:
- Read the "learning objectives" and "author and planning team disclosures"
- Study the section entitled "educational activity"
- Complete the Course Test and Evaluation form. The Course Test will be graded automatically. Following successful completion of the Course Test with a score of 70% or higher, a statement of participation will be made available immediately. (No partial credit will be given.)
Credit for this course will be automatically uploaded to CPE Monitor®.
Faculty Planner Disclosure
The following individuals were involved in developing this activity: L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP, Liz Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS, and Pamela Sardo, PharmD, BS. L. Austin Fredrickson, Liz Fredrickson, and Pamela Sardo have no conflicts of interest or financial relationships regarding the subject matter. There are no financial relationships or commercial or financial support relevant to this activity to report or disclose by RxCe.com or any of the individuals involved in the development of this activity.
Unlabeled Use Disclosure
The information provided in this course is general in nature and it is solely designed to provide participants with continuing education credit(s). This course and materials are not meant to substitute for the independent, professional judgment of any participant regarding that participant’s professional practice, including but not limited to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Medical and pharmacy practices, rules, and laws vary from state to state, and this course does not cover the laws of each state; therefore, participants must consult the laws of their state as they relate to their professional practice. Healthcare professionals, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, must consult with their employer, healthcare facility, hospital, or other organization, for guidelines, protocols, and procedures they are to follow. The information provided in this course does not replace those guidelines, protocols, and procedures but is for academic purposes only, and this course’s limited purpose is for the completion of continuing education credits. Participants are advised and acknowledge that information related to medications, their administration, dosing, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, warnings, precautions, or accepted uses are constantly changing, and any person taking this course understands that such person must make an independent review of medication information prior to any patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Any discussion of off-label use of any medication, device, or procedure is informational only and such uses are not endorsed hereby. Nothing contained in this course represents the opinions, views, judgments, or conclusions of RxCe.com LLC. RxCe.com LLC is not liable or responsible to any person for any inaccuracy, error, or omission with respect to this course, or course material.
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Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, RxCE.com is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.