“Tell me how you feel?” The yin and yang of symptoms in asthma

DAY 2

Chaired By: Dr Jane McDowell (Belfast), Professor Thomas Brown (Portsmouth) 

8.30am - Biomarker Vs Symptom-Driven Asthma Care: The Dangers of Over-Treatment in Multimorbid Patients
Jodie Lam (London)

9.00am - Feeling Good, Doing Bad: The Dangers Of Under-Treatment In ‘Well’ Patients
Dr Sarah Diver (Leicester)

9.30am - 'Quality Of Life In Severe Asthma - Are We Measuring The Right Thing?' 
Dr Mathew Masoli (Exeter)

 

8:30 AM

90 MINUTE SESSION

Learning outcomes

  • To understand the latest insights into the relationship between airway nerve function and inflammation in the asthmatic airway.
  • To understand the role of subclinical inflammation and lung function decline in asthma.
  • To understand the role of T2 biomarkers in limiting overuse of asthma therapies and promoting steroid stewardship.

Curriculum mapping

  • Managing patients in an outpatient clinic, ambulatory or community setting, including management of long-term conditions
  • Tertiary subspecialties interface: managing patients across the secondary and tertiary interface
  • Managing the use of drugs and therapeutic modalities specific to the practice of respiratory medicine
  • Communicates effectively and is able to share decision making, while maintaining appropriate situational awareness, professional behaviour and professional judgement
  • Works in partnership with the respiratory multi-disciplinary team (e.g. physiotherapists, specialist nurses, palliative care team, pharmacists, physiologists and psychologists)