PG20 Postgraduate Course: Implementing asthma guidelines for children in daily practice

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), G. Hedlin (Stockholm, Sweden)
Aims: To discuss the implementation of asthma guidelines for children in daily practice: co-operation between primary and secondary care, nurse, pharmacy, school, patient organisation, parents and patients.

HERMES SYLLABUS LINKS: B.1.1 Asthma, F.1. Communication including patient education and public awareness, F.5. Audit/quality assurance of clinical practice, F.6. Multidisciplinary teamwork, H.3. Paediatric respiratory medicine, I.3. Evidence-based medicine.

TYPE OF COURSE: Evidence-based, interactive discussion, and case and problem based

Asthma guidelines: state of the evidence N. Boluyt (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Why aren't guidelines being implemented in daily practice? P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, Netherlands)
What affects asthma medicine use in children? Child-related factors W. Carroll (Staffordshire, United Kingdom)
What affects asthma medicine use in children? Caregiver-related factors M. Makela (Helsinki, Finland)