NHLBI and its partners offer a variety of professional education opportunities about the updated asthma guidelines. Learn more about the new guidance via podcasts, videos, webinars, and more. Many of the opportunities offer continuing education credit for a limited time.

Asthma Guidelines Update: Clinical Implications for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

This webinar hosted by POCN on Oct. 25, 2021, provides an overview of the implications of the 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines for advanced practice professionals, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Michelle M. Cloutier, M.D., chair of the National Asthma Education Prevention Program Coordinating Committee expert panel for the asthma guidelines, and James P. Kiley, Ph.D., Director of NHLBI’s Division of Lung Diseases, present background on and highlights from the updated recommendations. Case studies demonstrate the application of the new guidance for NPs and PAs who treat patients with asthma.


Michelle Cloutier, M.D., on the Focused Updates to Asthma Management Guidelines

In this Pulmonary Consultant 360 podcast, Michelle M. Cloutier, M.D., talks about the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee (NAEPPCC) report on the 2020 focused updates to asthma management guidelines, including 19 recommendations in 6 topic areas. Dr. Cloutier also presented on this topic at the American Thoracic Society 2021 annual meeting.


Managing Asthma in 2021: Understanding the Latest Asthma Guidelines

On May 25, 2021, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) hosted a webinar on the latest asthma management guidelines. Watch guidelines expert panel member Kenneth Mendez, AAFA’s President and CEO, discuss the latest research along with AAFA’s director of education, Lorene Alba, and John James, M.D., board-certified allergist, President of Food Allergy Consulting and Education Services, LLC, and medical specialist for AAFA.


Dr. Michelle Cloutier Previews NAEPP Updates to Asthma Management Guidelines

Watch Michelle M. Cloutier, M.D., chair of the NAEPPCC expert panel for the asthma guidelines, give a brief preview of her talk at the American Thoracic Society 2021 annual meeting during an American Journal of Managed Care webinar on May 10, 2021.


LUNGCAST ™: Episode #6: New Asthma Management Guidelines Primer with Dr. Anne Dixon

In this podcast hosted by the American Lung Association (ALA), health care providers can learn about the updates to the national asthma guidelines from Anne Dixon, M.D., a pulmonologist and member of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee (NAEPCC) expert panel that helped develop the guidelines. Watch the related ALA webinar, Asthma Guidelines Updates: A 360 Perspective, held on Jan. 14, 2021.


CME Episode 41: 2020 NHLBI Asthma Guidelines: What’s New & Different

Allergists and other health care professionals can learn more about what the asthma guidelines do and do not address, as well as how to put these recommendations into practice in this podcast by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ is available with this episode through Dec. 2, 2023. Michelle Cloutier, M.D., chair of the NAEPPCC expert panel that developed the guidelines, outlines what you need to know.


JN Learning™: Asthma Guidelines Update 2020 - Diagnosis and Management

Watch this educational video on the updated guidelines recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of asthma patients by JAMA to earn 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™. A related podcast is also available.


JN Learning™: Managing Asthma in Adolescents and Adults: 2020 Asthma Guideline Update From the National Asthma

Read this article about the updated asthma guidelines recommendations by JAMA to earn 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit™. A related podcast is also available.