Press Releases & News
Press Releases & News at a glance:
Allergy trained health professionals improved patients' health -related quality of life -it's official in the UK
Education for Health UK is delighted to finally see the publication of their research looking at whether allergy training for health professionals leads to improved quality of life for patients with rhinitis. In a large community-based randomized controlled trial involving 20 health professionals and 200 patients, results showed that patients who received care from allergy-trained (NRTC-UK program) doctors or nurses had significantly improved health-related quality of life compared to patients who continued with their usual care (1). Fndings showed not only that patients’ quality of life was improved, but that the nurses and doctors were more confident and competent in delivering allergy care.
(1) Sheikh A, Khan-Wasti S, Price D, Smeeth L, Fletcher M, Walker S. Standardised training for healthcare professionals and its impact on patients with perennial rhinitis: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. Clin Exp Allergy 2007; 37:90-99.
For more information on this piece of research and a copy of the paper, please contact our Director of Education & Research, Dr Samantha Walker
NRTC will be joining forces with Noreen Clarke, PhD at the University of Michigan School of Public Health to implement the NACE program (Nurse Asthma Care Education)
The NRTC and Dr Clarke recently received news of a successfully grant submission to HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) to fund the implementation and evaluation of NACE.
This is a wonderful opportunity that joins a highly successful educational organization, with an acclaimed international reputation, with the talents of one of the foremost leaders in the academic world who has spent 20 years studying asthma management by patients and professionals NACE will involve implementing a continuing education model, including an interactive seminar, addressing asthma care and management in five communities across the United States. The project is based on previous work with physicians in the management of asthma care in practice settings. The Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) program will be “tailored” for nurse continuing education to create NACE. PACE was found to improve the care for low-income children resulting in significantly less asthma care admissions to an emergency department or hospital. NACE is designed to address the needs and practice concerns of nurses at the front line of delivering care to patients with asthma.
Alongside the implementation of NACE it is business as usual for the NRTC. The NRTC continues to build and grow as it implements and creates programs that address the dynamic world of respiratory care and education.
NRTC-UK Broadens Educational Focus and Adopts New Name
What's in a name? Education for Health is the new name developed by the NRTC in the United Kingdom to reflect an expanding educational focus to include not just respiratory disease, but other clinical areas, such as cardiovascular disease.
Under this umbrella organization, the NRTC will continue to offer training and resources in respiratory disease. Training in cardiovascular disease is now also available through a recent merger with Heartsave, a similar nonprofit training organization. In the future, additional programs in the management of other chronic conditions will be added.
We are thrilled to be a part of such a progressive, growing training organization. For now, however, the NRTC in the United Sates will retain its identity, focusing on respiratory and allergic disease.
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