How to Manage: Paediatric Allergy Training 2 (PAT2)
This online course will focus on the practical clinical management of allergy in children and young people. It is the second in a series of three Paediatric Allergy Training (PAT) courses provided by RCPCH.
What is the course about?
This online course will focus on the practical clinical management of allergy in children and young people. It is the second in a series of three Paediatric Allergy Training (PAT) courses provided by RCPCH.
This course will take you through the practical aspects of recognising and managing paediatric allergy, including the history of food allergy, hot topics in the management of nut allergy, common allergy problems and underlying disease mechanisms.
Using interactive workshops, we will explore best practice in managing food challenges and reintroduction, adrenaline in the management of anaphylaxis, eczema care, as well as, rhinitis and spirometry.
Target Audience
- PAT 2 is suitable for all professionals seeing children with allergic disease, and particularly paediatricians in general paediatric practice. Please note the course is designed for delegates who have already attend PAT 1. You need to attend PAT 1 prior to attending PAT 2.If you have not completed PAT 1 but would still like to register for this course please contact the RCPCH (clinical.courses@rcpch.ac.uk) to discuss prior to booking.
Learning Aims, Objectives and Outcomes:
Aim:
The PAT courses provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills required to effectively manage children with complex food allergies and their comorbid allergic conditions.
Outcome:
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Take an allergy focused clinical history to interpret skin prick test results
- Explain common allergy problems, skin prick tests and underlying disease mechanisms
- Describe routine and preventative management of food allergy and common allergic conditions
- Explore differential diagnosis and management of other causes of an unsettled child
- Discuss the issues involved in home reintroduction and when this is appropriate
- Signpost patients to online resources
- Describe how the multi-disciplinary team can contribute to clinical practice.
Faculty Lead
The Revd. Dr Mich Lajeunesse
Dr Mich Lajeunesse is a Consultant in Paediatric Allergy & Immunology at Southampton Children's Hospital, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton. He was appointed to Southampton in 2008 and is the lead NHS consultant for the Regional Children's Allergy Service. Dr Lajeunesse is actively involved in food allergy research and allergic reactions to vaccines and immunotherapy. He is also a member of the teaching faculty of the Allergy MSc course at the University of Southampton and has been leading the RCPCH How to Manage Allergy course for the last five years.
Related courses
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How to Manage: Paediatric Allergy Training 1 (PAT1)
This online course will focus on the practical, clinical management of allergy in children and young people. It is the first in a series of three Paediatric Allergy Training (PAT) courses provided by the RCPCH.
How to Manage: Paediatric Allergy Training 3 (PAT3)
This is the third of a series of three Paediatric Allergy Training study days that focus on the practical clinical management of allergy in children and young people.