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After completing this module, you should be more aware of:
·      Basic care expectations for people with asthma, and concerns about its provision;
·      Assessment of asthma symptoms and expectations around diagnosis and objective testing;
·      The NICE guideline NG80 ‘Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management’;
·      The British Thoracic Society/SIGN asthma guideline;
·      Differences between the two sets of national guidelines;
·      Treatment approaches to managing newly diagnosed or uncontrolled asthma in adults;
·      Medicines optimisation and safety recommendations;
·      Why counselling patients with asthma is so important.
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