National Asthma Educator Certification Board Examination

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Permalink Reply by C. Damodaran on February 19, 2009 at 11:32pm

NAECB exam. Preparation The Kettering National Seminars Asthma education Home study materials is available. Email. info@ketteringseminars.com.
I am planning to take this exam. But NAECB exam center is not yet established out side the USA.

Good Luck for your Exam.

Damodaran.
Doha, Qatar.

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Permalink Reply by Zahara Zawawi on February 23, 2009 at 7:48am

Thank you for the information and I hope you get a chance to take the exam too.

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Permalink Reply by Rakan A. Alduwairig on February 21, 2009 at 12:35pm

Hello Zahara,
I have took the exam myself long time ago and they did not have any studying materials at that time, however, since you’re in the US "I presume", they usually hold a 2 or 3 days workshops that cover the exam content.
My personal tip is to know your drugs and how many puffs each of them has along with social services for your patients.

Regards,

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Permalink Reply by Zahara Zawawi on February 23, 2009 at 7:56am

Thank you for the tip. It is much appreciated. Unfortunately non of the workshops that I found will be held in my state during the next couple of months.

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Permalink Reply by Zahara Zawawi on June 13, 2009 at 1:07am

I'm adding this for anyone who wants to take this exam in the future. These are the references I used:

- The Asthma Educator's Handbook by Christopher H. Fanta, Elaine L. Carter, Elisabeth S.Steib, Kenan E. Haver from the Partners Asthma Center. Published by Mc Graw Hill Medical. This is a very comprehensive book that is up to date, easy to read and goes into the details of developing an asthma action plan and is full of practical tips.

- NAECB Exam Secrets Study Guide Published by Morrison Media LLC In general I did NOT find this book very useful. The first 20 pages are about how to study and take exams in general. The only sections I found helpful was the section on Organizational Issues and Family Assessment.

- Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma from The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. most of the exam content came from this.
It can be downloaded from: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/

- GINA the Global Initiative for Asthma's web site http://www.ginasthma.com/ has guidelines and resources that are used on the exam too.

I also benefited from taking the online practice test. The questions on the exam were very similar to the practice test so it was worth the time and money. It can be found on the NAEBC web site: http://www.naecb.org/

There were a couple of questions on the test regarding the different types of health insurance plans and the coverage each offers. And many technical questions regarding how to use the different types of inhalers and the number of doses per canister.

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Permalink Reply by Zahara Zawawi on June 22, 2009 at 5:57pm

An Asthma Educator Certification Preparation Course is now available online from the AARC. It can be found on the AARC website www.aarc.org

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Permalink Reply by Chris on June 29, 2009 at 11:10pm

Don't waste your money know the free material available>http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/asthgdln.htm

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