CME Activities Calendar

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• Continuing Medical Education Calendar
  • Featured CME Opportunities
  • AAAAI-Sponsored Live Meetings
  • AAAAI-Sponsored Enduring Materials
  • Other Programs

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Continuing Medical Education Calendar 

Featured CME Opportunities 

▪ Online AAAAI/ACAAI Certification/Maintenance of Certification Board Review Course

All the content of the live course offered in April 2008 is available for purchase online. Visit www.aaaai.org/members.stm and select “Online Board Review Course.” Funded through an educational grant from Teva Specialty Pharmaceuticals.

▪ 2009 Virtual Annual Meeting: Unable to attend all of the sessions that you wanted to at the 2009 Annual Meeting? Couldn't make it to Washington, DC? The 2009 Virtual Annual Meeting offers webcasts and audio recordings of most Annual Meeting sessions, and offers over 100 CME/CE credits. For more information or to place an order, visit www.annualmeeting.aaaai.org and select the link for “Virtual Annual Meeting.” Funded through an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

AAAAI-Sponsored Live Meetings 

The meetings listed below are programmed either directly by the AAAAI or jointly with other organizations. Earn CME credit from the AAAAI for your participation.

▪ What You Need to Know About Allergies & Asthma

September 12, October 24 and November 7, 2009

El Paso, Corpus Christi, Brownsville and Waco/Temple, TX

Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society. For more information contact Connie Mawer at (512) 451-6108.

▪ Fall 2009 Symposium of the Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

September 26, 2009

Los Angeles, CA

Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. For more information, visit www.laallergysociety.org or contact Cathy Pollak at (310) 839-5763.

▪ Wisconsin Allergy Society 2009 Annual Meeting

October 10, 2009

Fluno Center, Madison, WI

Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the Wisconsin Allergy Society. For more information contact Sarah Walkowiak at (414) 266-6840.

AAAAI-Sponsored Enduring Materials 

The listings below are programmed either directly by the AAAAI or jointly with other organizations. Earn CME credit from the AAAAI for your participation.

▪ ASTHMA IQ: EPR-3

Learn and apply the new EPR-3 asthma guidelines in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients with asthma. EPR-3 can help you select the most appropriate severity or control level and initiate or adjust therapies based on the EPR-3 stepwise approach. To access the module, visit www.asthmaiq.org and select “CME/Tutorials.”

▪ ASTHMA IQ: Pay for Performance

The pay for performance (P4P) module explains the current climate of P4P programs and steps to take to meet targets that may be set by local organizations. To access the module, visit www.asthmaiq.org and select “CME/Tutorials.”

▪ ASTHMA IQ: Performance Improvement Module

The Asthma Performance Improvement Module (PIM) will show you how your outcomes and processes of care for your patients compare with the EPR-3 guidelines for managing asthma. The PIM is also designed to fulfill Part IV of the Maintenance of Certification for the ABAI and offers 20 credits. For more information or to register, visit www.aaaai.org/members/asthma_iq.

▪ The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

The JACI features two series of review articles: “Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology” and “Mechanisms of Allergic Diseases” for CME credit. Articles can be accessed online at http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymai.

The Mechanisms of Allergic Diseases series is funded through an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.

▪ Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases

The 2008 Mini-Primer is available online at no cost to AAAAI members. Visit www.aaaai.org/members/jaci.stm for more information.

▪ Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure for your Patients: Practical Office Counseling Techniques

AAAAI-sponsored activity produced in conjunction with the Smoke Free Homes project. Designed to educate clinicians about practical office counseling techniques that may be used to reduce secondhand smoke exposure for patients. Online modules can be accessed at www.kidslivesmokefree.org. For more information, contact Lauri Sweetman at the AAAAI executive office at (414) 272-6071 or e-mail lsweetman@aaaai.org.

▪ Respiratory Digest

Jointly-sponsored by the AAAAI and MediCine Inc. Available articles are online at www.aaaai.org/aadmc.

Funded through an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S. Inc.

▪ World Allergy Organization (WAO) Online Food Allergy Learning Program

Jointly sponsored by the AAAAI and the WAO. Available online at www.waolearningmodule.org. For more information, contact Jennie Smazik at jsmazik@worldallergy.org.

Other Programs 

These programs may be of interest to AAAAI members, but have no direct affiliation with the AAAAI and do not offer CME credit from the AAAAI.

▪ ACAAI Online Courses in Allergy/Immunology

Sponsored by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).

Courses are free, but there is a $15 processing fee for each module's CME credit. The courses can be found on the ACAAI Web site at www.acaai.org for ACAAI members and at http://allergy.mcg.edu in the physician information section.

▪ Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) LeBien Visiting Professor Program

Teaching hospitals throughout North America may request a leading clinical immunologist to lead Grand Rounds or present at other educational activities. Visit the IDF Web site at www.primaryimmune.org or call (800) 296-4433 for more information.

▪ Allergen Vaccine 2009

October 18-23, 2009

Varadero, Cuba

Register online at www.sci.sld.cu/alergia2009/allergen.htm. For more information, contact Reinaldo Acevedo, BSc, at (537) 271-6911 or 271-6932 or by e-mail at inmunobyc@finaly.edu.cu.

▪ EAACI 2009 Pediatric Allergy & Asthma Meeting

November 12-14, 2009

Venice, Italy

For more information, visit www.eaacipediatrics-venice2009.org.

▪ WAO World Allergy Congress

December 6-10, 2009

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The biennial international scientific meeting of the World Allergy Organization. For more information, visit www.worldallergy2009.com.

▪ 14th International Congress of Immunology

August 22-27, 2010

Kobe, Japan

For more information, visit www.ici2010.org.

The AAAAI pledges to maintain the highest quality in all of our educational programs and to fulfill our promise to provide you with a premier educational experience. For the most updated list of AAAAI CME opportunities, visit the AAAAI Web site, www.aaaai.org. Choose the Members Center and click on the Continuing Education link in the Education section.

For more information on these and other educational activities, or to add your educational activity to our calendar, contact the AAAAI executive office at (414) 272-6071 or e-mail cme@aaaai.org.