PARI's Continuing Education Programs
PARI’s Continuing Education Programs are designed for respiratory therapists, nurses, and case managers who are involved in the management of respiratory patients. There are seven programs in total and a short description of each is listed below. Please note that these programs are not approved for self-study use. The programs are to be presented to a group of participants by an approved speaker. PARI does not provide a speaker for these programs. The approved speaker – yourself or a staff member/clinician in your organization – must be a licensed RT, RRT, RN, or Case Manager in the respiratory field. To find out more information on becoming an approved speaker, please click here.
PARI’s current CEU programs are pre-approved for the 2008 calendar year through the following accrediting associations:
Program 1)
Managing Respiratory Patients More Effectively Through Efficient Aerosol Delivery
A video program that provides an over view of aerosol therapy, the factors that affect drug deposition in the lungs, and the various delivery devices available.
Program 2)
Managing the Patient with Asthma
This program focuses on care management issues such as the avoidance of asthma triggers, use of peak flow meters and the medications that are used to control asthma.
Program 3)
Respiratory Management of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
This program gives an overview of the incidences of the disease, organ systems involved and ongoing management of the patient with Cystic Fibrosis.
Program 4) Case Management and COPD
This program provides an overview of COPD, describes medications that are used to manage the disease, and discusses cost-effective care management techniques to maximize patient functioning.
Program 5) Managing Childhood Asthma
This program provides a focus on the child with asthma – the management of this population and how it differs from management of the adult with the same diagnosis.
Program 6) Respiratory Drug Update
This program provides an overview of the most commonly prescribed respiratory medications, the various routes of administration, and patient education components.
Program 7) Challenges Of the Chronic Respiratory Patient
The program provides an overview of the challenges that clinicians and case managers face when managing the care of patients with a chronic respiratory disease.
