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About the Webcast
The National Asthma Council is conducting a
national webcast on asthma and combination
therapy for general practitioners, pharmacists
and other health professionals.
Combination products for asthma are important
for the management of people with moderate to
severe asthma. The webcast will include the
latest evidence-based answers to crucial
questions such as:
What are the clinical indications for
prescribing combination therapy?
What is the correct dose to start your
patient on?
How often should you review the dose?
How can you use combination therapy to
improve medication adherence and quality of
life?
Presenters include:
Dr Ron Tomlins Discipline
of General Practice, University of Sydney,
Chairman of the National Asthma Council.
Assoc. Prof. Amanda Barnard Associate Dean (Rural and Community School), and
Head, Academic Unit of Rural Health, Medical
School, The Australian National University,
Canberra, Member of NAC General Practitioners’
Asthma Group.
Assoc. Prof. Philip Bardin Director
of Respiratory Research at Monash Medical
Centre, Monash University VIC.
Assoc. Prof. Dominic Fitzgerald Paediatric respiratory and sleep physician,
Deputy Head of the Division of Academic and
General Medicine, the Children’s Hospital
Westmead, Sydney.
Ms Luisa Hogan Community Pharmacist and Home Medicines
Review Consultant, Victoria.
Webcast 2005 Notes
Date:
Wednesday, 26 October
Time:
7:30 PM AEST
Requirements:
You will need a PC or Macintosh
computer with sound capabilities, internet
connection and Internet Explorer 4 or later.
