Annual Congress Munich 2006

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Connecting with the community: collaborations that work

Symposium
Chairs: M. Partridge (London, United Kingdom), S. Bosnic-Anticevich (Sydney, Australia)
Aims: At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• identify approaches associated with the delivery of optimal asthma management in the community;
• identify potential mechanisms for collaboration between healthcare professionals;
• describe specific elements of asthma care which have been successfully delivered in the community pharmacy setting. Target audience: Pulmonologists, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, respiratory therapists, public health, practitioners, asthma educations, allied healthcare professionals working with people with asthma in the community.

Aspects of asthma management in the community setting A. Friedman (Ann Arbor, United States of America)
Detecting problems of patients with asthma: a community problem with a community approach M. Airaksinen (Helsinki, Finland)
Asthma management in the community through collaboration between pharmacists and other healthcare professionals M. Cordina (Msida, Malta)
Increased pharmacy input into asthma care of patients in the community: from device education to disease state management S. Bosnic-Anticevich (Sydney, Australia)