Allergy in Practice Course (2024)
Programme
The course is 4 days - split into 2 days online (which can be booked independently) and the second pair of days which are run face-to-face
Dates:
- Virtual study days: 15th and 16th May 2024 online - lectures, seminars, discussions
- Face-to-face study days: 19th and 20th June 2024, London - seminars, practical sessions, small group work, simulation training
PROGRAMME
Day 1: Wednesday 15th May 2024 Virtual via Zoom
Introduction to Allergic Disease
Time | Topic | Speaker |
0900-0930 | Welcome & Introductions | Faculty |
09:30-1015 | Epidemiology | Rebecca Batt |
1015-1100 | Basic Immunology | Professor Alexandra Santos |
1100-1115 Break | ||
1115-1145 | Taking An Allergy Focused History | Dr Morium Akthar |
1145-1230 | What Is Immunotherapy? | Dr Tom Marrs |
1230-1315 Lunch | ||
1315-1415 | Pharmacological Management | Rebecca Batt |
1415-1500 | Diagnostic Techniques | Dr Kate Swan |
1500-1510 Break | ||
1510-1600 | Psychological Impact of Allergic Disease | Rebecca Arnold |
Q&As and Close of the Day | ||
Day 2: Thursday 16th May - Virtual via Zoom
Introduction to Allergic Disease
Time | Topic | Speaker |
0855-0900 | Welcome | Dr Holly Boyd |
0900-0945 | Allergic Rhinitis & Immunotherapy | Mary-Jo Fogarty |
0945-1030 | Asthma | Dr Sejal Saglani |
1030-1045 Break | ||
1045-1130 | Drug Allergy | Dr Prathap Pillai |
11:30-1215 | Eczema | Dr Danielle Greenblatt |
1215-1300 Lunch | ||
1300-1400 | Urticaria (including biologics) | Dr Andreina Marquesmejias |
1400-1430 | Venom Allergy | Dr Joanna Lukowska |
1430-1500 Break | ||
1500-1545 | Pregnancy, infant feeding, early introduction | Dr Tom Marrs |
1545-1630 | Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) | Anna Conrad |
Q&As and Close of the Day | ||
Day 3: Wednesday 19th June 2024 - Face to Face
Room 203 and 204
10 Union Street, London Bridge, London, SE1 1SZ
Time | Topic | Speaker |
0900-0905 | Welcome & Introduction | Faculty |
0905-0950 | Introduction to food allergy incuding food avoidance and food labelling | Sara Dawson |
0950-1030 | Case Study Discussion - Anaphylaxis | Rebecca Batt |
1030-1045 Break | ||
1045-1145 | Case Study - Interactive History Taking and food allergy in children | Rachel De Boer & Rebecca Brocklehurst |
1145-1230 | Non-IgE Mediated Allergy in Adults: When is it not IgE mediated | Marianne Williams |
1230-1315 | Lunch | |
1315-1345 | Oral Food Challenges
| Anna Conrad |
1345-1415 | Milk Oral Immunotherapy | Anna Conrad |
1415-1445 | Peanut Oral Immunotherapy | Katherine Knight |
1445-1500 Break | ||
1500-1545 | Adult Allergy | Isabel Skypala |
1545-1615 | Spirometry & FeNO | Dan Woodcock |
Q&As and Close of the Day | ||
Day 4: Thursday 20th June 2024 - Face to Face
Sherman Centre Simulation Suite, Bermondsey Wing, Guy's Hospital
Time | Topic | Speaker |
0900-0910 | Welcome to the practical day | Faculty |
0910-1000 | Practical Skin Prick Testing & Drug Allergy Testing | Faculty |
1000-1015 | Break | |
1015-1115 | Conversations for Empowerment | Russell Harvey |
1115-1200 | Practical Management of eczema | Ruth Bell |
1200-1245 | Practical Management of Respiratory Illness | Fiona Henley & Ashira Simmons
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1245-1330 Lunch | ||
1330-1615 | Simulation Centre for Practical Management of Allergic Reactions | Simulation Faculty |
Closing Remarks | ||
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