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Navigation at the
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Online CME
site is challenging. Some areas are restricted to members of the
AAAAI. Here are the portions I was able to view:
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Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) Online CME Program
(American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....About 56 articles and quizzes each offering 1.0 credit.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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Some recent articles and quizzes include: Therapeutic approaches to allergy and autoimmunity based on FoxP3+ regulatory T-cell activation and expansion; Mechanisms and treatment of allergic disease in the big picture of regulatory T cells; Occupational asthma: Current concepts in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management; Mechanisms of occupational asthma;
and Efficacy and mechanisms of action of traditional Chinese medicines for treating asthma and allergy.
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AAAAI
Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases 2008
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....10 articles and quizzes each offering 1.0
credit.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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The 2008 Mini-Primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases appears to be a subset
of 10 of the articles from the February 2008 Supplement of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) Online CME Program.
Some representative titles are: Lymphocytes; Dendritic cells as regulators of immunity and
tolerance; Adhesion molecules and receptors; Gastrointestinal mucosal immunity; Genetics of allergic
disease; and Secondary immunodeficiencies, including HIV infection.
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AAAAI/ACAAI Certification/Maintenance of Certification
Board Review Course 2008-2009 (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology and (American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited...4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....29.25.
Awarded by....AAAAI.
Cost for Credit....Member: $275; Non-Member: $375; Fellow-in-Training:
$75.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lectures; Board Review.
Target Audiences...ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Teva Pharmaceuticals.
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You will hear summaries and review questions on subjects of interest to
allergists and immunologists. At the conclusion of this course,
you should be able to identify, evaluate and manage the current problems and issues in allergy/immunology in preparation for the ABAI examination.
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Asthma IQ (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Last visited....4/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...20.
Awarded by....American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences....ALLG, PULM.
Educational material last updated...2008.
Financial Support...None Stated.
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The “Asthma Specialist Tool to Help Manage Asthma and Improve Quality”
(ASTHMA IQ) will help clinicians to: use evidence-based medicine to make
treatment decisions; graph and report patients’ asthma status over time;
analyze statistics for the asthma patients in their practice; report quality
improvement measures for Maintenance of Certification or Pay for Performance.
This course is available only to AAAAI members or upon invitation.
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