Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE)

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

The Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) program is an interactive, multi-media educational seminar to enhance the physician-patient partnership and treatment of asthma. The program improves physician awareness and ability to use the best current therapies and how to communicate effectively with patients. PACE encourages clinicians to self-observe, develop strategies to reach goals, and evaluate their success. The program provides clinicians with educational strategies and tools that increase the patient’s ability to retain and use treatment advice.

Goal / Mission

The goal of Patient Asthma Care Education is to improve asthma health outcomes for children through clinician education and skill building.

Results / Accomplishments

In a controlled trial pediatricians who participated in the PACE program provided clear asthma education and more effective treatment than controls. Patients of PACE-educated physicians had significantly fewer days with symptoms, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations when compared to patients of physicians who had not received programming (p's < 0.05). In addition, physicians were significantly more likely to ask about patient concerns, encourage physical activity, and set goals for successful treatment.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
University of Michigan Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Primary Contact
Dr. Minal Patel
Center for Managing Chronic Disease
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
(734) 647-6155
minalrp@umich.edu
https://cmcd.sph.umich.edu/research-program-areas/...
Topics
Health / Children's Health
Health / Respiratory Diseases
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Organization(s)
University of Michigan Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Source
National Health Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Date of publication
2006
Date of implementation
1995
Location
USA
For more details
https://cmcd.sph.umich.edu/research-program-areas/...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/p...
Target Audience
Children
Additional Audience
Physicians

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An Evidence-Based Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.