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CME Activities Calendar
Article Outline
Continuing Medical Education Calendar - August
Featured CME Opportunities
▪ 2010 Virtual Annual Meeting: The AAAAI is pleased to offer the 2010 Virtual Annual Meeting for your convenience. It will be available 365 days-a-year on Data DVD to be viewed at your discretion. Along with the DVD, you will receive online access to claim CME/CE credits. Earn over 100 CME or CE credits! To place your order, visit annualmeeting.aaaai.org and click on the “Virtual Annual Meeting” button.
▪ 2009 Practice Management Workshop DVD:
Were you unable to participate in the workshop but want to experience the audio and slides of the entire meeting? Order your 2009 AAAAI Practice Management Workshop DVD and earn up to 31.25 CME or 37.50 CE credits. For more information or to place an order, visit www.associationarchives.com or contact the AAAAI Practice Management Team at (414) 272-6071 between 8 am and 5 pm Central Time.
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.
▪ Fall 2010 Symposium of the Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology
October 2, 2010
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.
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: 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.
▪ 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.
▪ 2009 Virtual Annual Meeting
Here is your chance to access sessions you were not able to attend at the Annual Meeting at your convenience. The 2009 Virtual Annual Meeting offers webcasts and audio recordings of most Annual Meeting sessions. Earn over 129 CME or 150 CE credits. Credits will be offered until March 2011. For more information or to place an order, visit www.annualmeeting.aaaai.org and select the link for “2009 Virtual Meeting” from the Attendee tab. Funded through an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.
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.
▪ Harvard Lung Conference and CIMIT Inhalation Technology Conference
October 6-8, 2010
Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
The Harvard Lung Conference will present the latest findings in a wide variety of topics related to pulmonary disease. The CIMIT Inhalation Technology Conference, held in conjunction with the Harvard Lung Conference will emphasize the utility of CIMIT model in the field of inhalation technology. No CME credit. For more information, visit www.harvardlungconference.org.
▪ XX World Congress of Asthma WCA 2010
November 3-6, 2010
Athens Hilton, Greece
For more information and to register, visit the WCA official Web site at www.wca2010.gr.
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.
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