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Improving the Quality of Care for Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: Integrating Measurement-Based Tools Into Your Clinical Practice


Attitudes about atopic dermatitis are evolving with the emergence of new and effective treatments. With the average dermatologist having not enjoyed caring for patients with AD for decades, there is little to no consensus in current practice about validated tools to assess and monitor the severity of the diseases and no consistent use of diagnostic or assessment tools. This lack of knowledge and education leads to confusion, poor recognition, and absence of assessment of AD severity.


The use of patient-reported outcomes such as the Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) are often underused in clinical practice despite being simple, valid, repeatable, and easy to interpret. The use of tools such as POEM is important to capture the impact of AD on health-related quality of life.


In this CME Outfitters On Demand webcast, expert faculty will discuss diagnostic assessment and measurement of symptom severity in AD including patient-reported outcomes, with the goal of educating clinicians regarding tools for diagnosis and assessment that can be integrated into their clinical practice.


Learning Objectives

At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:

-Apply the Hanifin Rajka criteria and/or the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) criteria to facilitate the diagnosis of AD in clinical practice

-Incorporate the POEM assessment scale into clinical practice to monitor disease severity and response to treatment.

-Document the utilization of clinical assessment tools and results form their use in patients' charts.


The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:

-Summarize the Hanifin Rajka criteria and/or the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) criteria used to diagnose AD.

-Describe the POEM assessment scale for monitoring disease severity and response to treatment.

-Identify the tools and clinical assessment results that should be documented in patients' charts.


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