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A-Team™ Asthma Education Program
Asthma Management Tools
IPCRG
NAC Programs with Rural Health Education Foundation
Patient-Centred Health Care
Patient-centred health care in primary care: an overview
Spirometry training course
Performing Spirometry in General Practice
Webcasts
'What's Asthma All About?'
'Why Me? Asthma'
Content created 31 Oct 2005
Page updated 28 Jun 2007

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Health Professionals

A-Team™ Asthma Education Program A-Team™ Asthma Education Program

The National Asthma Council Australia‘s A-Team™ – a group of trained asthma experts – regularly runs asthma education workshops across Australia for GPs, practice nurses, asthma educators and other health professionals.

Asthma Management Tools

Asthma Management Tools

Shortcuts to the top asthma management resource tools from the National Asthma Council Australia useful to GPs and Health Professionals.

The International Primary Care Respiratory Group

The National Asthma Council is the member organisation representing Australia.

NAC Asthma Programs

National Asthma Council Programs with the Rural Health Education Foundation

Review the latest health information and undertake continuing professional education with programs including "Balancing the Benefits: Asthma and Combination Therapy Update", "Taking a Breather: Asthma Management for Indigenous Australians" and "Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis".

Prof Martyn Partridge Patient-Centred Health Care

The National Asthma Council Australia convened the Patient-Centred Health Care Workshop in November 2005 to bring together stakeholder groups in chronic disease. Participants in the workshop included Professor Martyn R Partridge via videoconference from London.

Patient-centred health care in primary care: an overview

Discussion Paper

The concept of ‘person-centred’ or ‘patient-centred’ health care is increasingly acknowledged by health professionals as an important focus, particularly in the care of people with long-term conditions.

Performing Spirometry in General Practice

Performing Spirometry in General Practice

Associate Professor John Wilson and Mr Bruce Thompson from The Alfred Hospital present the role of spirometry in the general practice setting for the diagnosis and management of asthma.

Spirometry training course Spirometry training course

The National Asthma Council Australia's national spirometry training course for GPs and practice nurses provides comprehensive training in the application, measurement and interpretation of expiratory spirometry in general practice.

Combination Therapy: A Question of Balance National Asthma Council Webcasts

The NAC webcast, 'Combination Therapy - A Question of Balance' was presented on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 7.30 to 8.30 pm AEST and is still available for viewing and CPD/CME/CPD&PI points until January 26, 2006.

Patients and Carers

What's Asthma All About?

"What's Asthma All About?"

This is an online educational video on asthma produced in the USA.

Why me? Asthma

"Why Me? Asthma"

This is an education program on asthma and self-management for people who are newly diagnosed with asthma.

 

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