For GPs and Practice Nurses

Description

As a GP or practice nurse seeing patients face to face every day, you need to know how to support them and their families, whether giving a severe allergy diagnosis or supporting their longer term care.

Improve your knowledge through 4 — 6 hours of self-directed study

• Guides to early recognition of symptoms
• Information on crisis management and emergency treatment
• Information on allergen avoidance
• Specific details on how the Primary Care team should manage patients
  with severe allergies, including:
• How and when to refer a patient to specialist allergy services
• What interim care and support should be given to patients while they wait for their appointment
• What long-term management and support patients need after diagnosis
• British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI) endorsed
• Royal College of GPs accredited
• CPD points can be earned by recording reflection of learning gained from this course 

Course details

Course time: 4 — 6 hours
Format: Online
Course qualifications: RCGP Certificate on completion
Course enrolment includes: Two step-by-step guides to running your own training sessions:

• One for use with patients, families and friends, who may come to the surgery for information about allergies and anaphylaxis
• One which can be used to train colleagues, containing tips and key messages. The helpful suggestions on how to present this training to others provides a thorough guide to help those with limited experience of teaching

£60 plus VAT (Professional Members)

£90 plus VAT (Non-members)

 

To register for this course, go to our AllergyWise website.

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AllergyWise Online Training for GPs and Practice Nurses was originally developed thanks to a generous grant from ALK.