Program Description: 

Ethos SMS Code: HEQKEZ

  • Ethos Mobile: text SMS code to (414) 206.1776 to receive CME credit for this session.
  • Participants have up to 60 calendar days after the live session to claim credit 
  • Please complete an Ethos evaluation to maintain AANP compliance and to receive 1.00hr CME credit for this session: Ethos Evaluation

The APP Education Series offers diverse topics from clinical-based knowledge, pharmacological updates, professional development, and leadership skills targeted to the APP population.

Key Words: APP, Clinical, Professional Development, Leadership, APP Grand Rounds

Target audience: 
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

  • Differentiate between inhaler classes used in asthma and COPD by analyzing mechanisms of action and specific clinical pearls. Content Summary: Inhaled Corticosteroids, Beta-2 Agonists, Antimuscarinic Agents and general inhaler considerations for prescribing these medications
  • Evaluate the risk-benefit profiles of inhaler medications by assessing common and serious adverse effects. Content Summary: Adverse effect profiles for Inhaled Corticosteroids, Beta-2 Agonists, Antimuscarinic Agents
  • Review evidence-based guideline recommendations for asthma and COPD therapy to optimize pharmacotherapeutic decision-making for individualized patient care. Content Summary: Will review GINA (Global Initiative for Asthma) and GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) guidelines 
  • Identify non-inhaler pharmacologic options utilized for asthma and COPD. Content Summary: Will review montelukast, ensifentrine, roflumilast, azithromycin, oral corticosteroids and biologics utilized in asthma and COPD 
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director(s):
Jessica M. Grusnick MHPE, MPAS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Co-director OBGYN clerkship
Office of Advanced Practice Director of Education and Scholarship
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Speaker:
Kristine Rehrauer, PharmD
Academic Pharmacy Fellow
Froedtert Pulmonary Clinic 
Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
 
  • Jessica Grusnick, PA-C
  • Kristine Rehrauer, PharmD

The following persons in control of content disclosed the following financial relationships which were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest mitigation process and addressed.

Contact

Name: 
Michelle Washburn
Email: 
[email protected]

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

 AANP Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930. This program has been approved for up to 1.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 1.0 hours of pharmacology). Nurse Practitioners should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.

Session date: 
01/07/2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CST
Location: 
Zoom Webinar
WI 53226
United States
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Add to calendar: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 1.00 NP Pharmacology
    NP Pharmacology credit.
  • 1.00 NP Contact Hours
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