Allergy in Practice Course (2025)
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: 20th and 21st May 2025 online - lectures, seminars, discussions
- Face-to-face study days: 4th and 5th June 2025, London - seminars, practical sessions, small group work, simulation training
PROGRAMME
Please note, the programme below is provisional and is subject to change. The final programme and speakers will be confirmed closer to the course dates.
Day 1: Tuesday 20th May 2025, Virtual via Zoom
| Topic | Speaker |
09.00-09.30 | Welcome and Introductions | Faculty |
09.30-10.15 | Epidemiology | Rebecca Batt |
10.15-11.00 | What is immunotherapy? | Dr Tom Marrs |
11.00-11.15 | Break | |
11.15-11.45 | Taking an Allergy Focused History | Dr Morium Akthar |
11.45-12.30 | Basic immunology | Dr Alex Santos |
12.30-13.15 | Lunch | |
13.15-14.15 | Pharmacological Management | Dr Klara Liddell |
14.15-15.00 | Diagnostic techniques | Dr Kate Swan |
15.00-15.10 | Break | |
15.10-16.00 | Psychological Impact of Allergic Disease | Rebecca Arnold |
Q&A and close of day | ||
Day 2: Wednesdday 21st May 2025 - Virtual via Zoom
| Topic | Speaker |
08.55-09.00 | Welcome | Dr Klara Liddell & Rebecca Batt |
09.00-09.45 | Allergic Rhinitis & Immunotherapy | Rebecca Batt |
09.45-10.30 | Asthma | TBC |
10.30-10.45 | Break | |
10.45-11.30 | Drug Allergy | Dr Liz Powell |
11.30-12.30 | Urticaria | Dr Andreina Marques Mejias |
12.30-13.00 | Lunch | |
13.00-14.00 | Eczema | Dr Danielle Greenblatt |
14.00-14.30 | Venom Allergy | Dr Joanna Lukowska |
14.30-15.00 | Break | |
15.00-15.45 | Pregnancy, Infant feeding, Early Introduction | Dr Tom Marrs |
15.45-16.30 | Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) | Anna Conrad |
Q&A and close of day | ||
Day 3: Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Face to Face, London
| Topic | Speaker |
09.00-09.10 | Welcome and Introductions | Faculty |
09.10-10.10 | Case study with interactive history taking | Rachel De Boer and Rebecca Brocklehurst |
10.10-10.30 | Break | |
10.30-11.15 | Case Study Discussion – Anaphylaxis on Day Unit | Rebecca Batt |
11.15-11.45 | Food Avoidance, selective nut eating, Food labelling | Sara Dawson, Rebecca Brocklehurst |
11.45-12.30 | Non-IgE Mediated Allergy in Adults: When is it not IgE mediated | Marianne Williams |
12.30-13.15 | Lunch | |
13.15-14:00 | Milk oral immunotherapy | Dr Kate Swan and Anna Conrad |
14:00-14.45 | Palforzia Oral Immunotherapy Workshop | Rebecca Batt and Dr Klara Liddell |
14.45-15.00 | Break | |
15.00-15.45 | Adult Allergy | Hannah Hunter |
15.45-16.15 | Spirometry & FeNO | Dan Woodcock |
Q&A and close of day | ||
Day 4: Thursday 5th June, 2025 - Face to Face, London
| Topic | Speaker |
09.00-09.10 | Welcome to the Practical Day | Faculty |
09.10-10.00 | Practical Skin Prick Testing Drug Allergy Testing | Sabrina Yamoah-Afrifa |
10.00-10.15 | Break | |
10.15-11.15 | Conversations for empowerment | Russell Harvey, The Resilience Coach |
11.15-12.00 | Eczema Practical Management | Sarah Allmark |
12.00-12.45 | Practical Management of Respiratory Illness | Fiona Henley |
12.45-13.30 | Lunch | |
13.30-16.15 | SAIL centre for practical management of allergic reactions | TBC |
16.15-16.30 | End of course discussions | Faculty |