This course is delivered by E-learning for Health
Foundation level
The e-Asthma programme is an interactive e-learning resource for healthcare professionals which aims to improve the diagnosis and management of asthma as a long term condition for children and adults.
e-Asthma is a foundation level educational resource aimed at all healthcare professionals who come into contact with children or adults with asthma who are not asthma specialists. This includes GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists, community nurses, school nurses, ambulance staff, 0-19 teams and A&E staff.
The e-Asthma programme aims to standardise the quality of asthma care for children and adults in line with NICE and NRAD recommendations. e-Asthma will train people to foundation level in the following areas of asthma diagnosis and management:
- Overview of asthma and its diagnosis
- Control and monitoring
- Managing asthma
- Acute asthma (managing asthma attacks)
- Supporting self-management