This event is presented by the Lunch Health Foundation as part of their Provider Education Series
The Lung Health Foundation is proud to present the Provider Education Series, an accredited learning program designed to deliver clinically relevant, practice-focused education in an accessible virtual format.
This Certified Activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Queen's University CPD Team for up to 1 Mainpro+ credit. It is also an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, co-developed and approved by the Queen's University CPD Team, for which Royal College Specialists may claim a maximum of 1 hour (credits are automatically calculated). This is a professional learning activity which provides 1 hour of Continuing Education for all health professionals.
# Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between suspected, probable, and confirmed asthma diagnoses in both paediatric and adult populations, and describe the importance of objective diagnostic confirmation, when feasible, in clinical practice.
- Diagnosing asthma across pediatric and adult care settings, including strategies when spirometry is unavailable or inconclusive.
- Apply alternative diagnostic approaches — including peak flow monitoring, bronchoprovocation/challenge testing, and emerging FeNO testing — to support accurate asthma diagnosis in children and adults.
- Recognize common asthma mimics and differential diagnoses in pediatric and adult populations, and determine when referral to clinicians with specialized expertise is appropriate.
- Evaluate the clinical and system-level implications of delayed, missed, incorrect, or unconfirmed asthma diagnoses on treatment decisions, patient outcomes, and healthcare utilization.
- Integrate evidence-based diagnostic pathways and interdisciplinary collaboration into pediatric and adult practice settings to improve diagnostic accuracy and optimize patient care.
# Presenters
- Harold Kim FRCPC | Past President Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Chair/Chief Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy at Western University; Associate Professor Western University; Assistant Clinical Professor McMaster University
- Tom Kovesi, MD, FRCPC | Pediatric Respirologist at CHEO; Professor, University of Ottawa Department of Pediatrics