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Seventy-five percent of readers responding believe
liberalization of drug importation is in their patients’ best
interest if quality control measures are implemented.. |
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What type(s) of teaching do you do?
What type(s) of instruction in medical education
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Distance Learning |
ACAAI
Podcast/Vodcast Library
Link
2005 Board/Recertification Review Course:
DVDs, Audio CDs, MP3s
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ACAAI Tape Store
Complete Listing
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2005 ACAAI ANNUAL MEETING
• Symposia Online
Nov. 4-9, Anaheim
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Annals of
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Current issue
• AllergyWatch
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FEBRUARY
2007 Meeting of the Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Society of
Georgia
Feb. 2-3, Greensboro, GA
Tel: 770-534-0534
E-mail
2007 AAAAI Annual Meeting
Feb. 23-27, San Diego
Tel: 888-869-0189 (US/Canada)
Tel: 415-979-2277 (International/Local)
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MARCH
IX
International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections
The Macrae Group
March 3 - 6, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: (+1) 212.988.7732
E-mail
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APRIL
2007 World Immune Regulation Meeting
April 11-15, 2007
Davos, Switzerland
Email
Link
International Conference on Asthma
Impacts of Air Pollution
South Cost Air Quality Management District
April 26-27, Anaheim, CA
Tel: 909-396-2432
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ONGOING
World Allergy Organization Society Meetings
ACAAI CME Website
Contact: Mary Campbell
Tel: 847-427-1200
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Study: Allergic disease not
tied to non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk
Despite previous studies suggesting allergic disease might
protect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma, allergic disease is not
likely related to non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk, according to a
study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Researchers at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark,
examined a retrospective study of 3,055 patients with
non-Hodgkin lymphoma and 3,187 control patients without the
disease. The study included questionnaire data and blood samples
that were collected after patients’ non-Hodgkin lymphoma
diagnosis. At first, researchers found that patients who had
ever had hay fever were at reduced risk for non-Hodgkin
lymphoma. But after further study among patients with the
cancer, they discovered the more non-Hodgkin lymphoma had spread
throughout the body, the lower the antibody levels specific for
hay fever were.
Growing up near a freeway bad
for lung development
Children growing up near freeways risk impaired lung
development, boosting the likelihood of respiratory diseases
later, according to a study in The Lancet. While other
studies have linked busy roadways to respiratory problems such
as asthma, this study points out that long-term exposure to
exhaust emissions may actually affect the growth and development
of the lungs. Researchers at the Department of Preventive
Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
followed 3,677 children for eight years, tracking their lung
development. The children were 10 years old at the beginning of
the study, and resided in 12 different Southern California
communities with different air quality. Lung growth in children
living within 500 meters of a freeway was significantly lower
than children living 1,500 meters or more from a freeway.
Protein carabin may help control immune system
A protein molecule called carabin may be how the body
controls the processes it uses to fight infections and foreign
invaders, according to a study in Nature. Scientists at
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, studied chemicals that
could illuminate how the immune system is controlled and found
the protein carabin seemed to be significant because it attached
to microscopic cells active during an infection. Made by white
blood cells, carabin appears to restrict white blood cells’
ability to mount a response to infection.
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 A
message from Dr. Bryan Martin,
Board of Regents
After several years in clinical practice, things are
going well. You enjoy patient care and enjoy your
patients, but find you want something more out of
your career. You want to give back to the specialty.
You find yourself thinking, “I would like to get
involved with my local medical school or begin to
spend some time with local medicine and pediatrics
residents. How do I get involved? What new skills do
I need?” If this sounds familiar, then you should
look into the College’s new Faculty Development
Program.
The Faculty Development Program has been implemented
to help mentor new faculty and to provide tools and
techniques to improve the teaching effectiveness of
experienced teachers. Faculty development is not new
to the College. Workshops on topics such as how to
read the medical literature have been common in past
programs. On the technical side, the Medical
Informatics Committee has had a number of workshops
every year on using available technology to improve
access to resources and to ultimately improve
education. The Faculty Development Program will
provide a forum for those interested in education
and thereby encourage increased innovation and
exchange of ideas.
As allergists, we are all teachers. We teach our
patients, our staff, and other health care
providers. As consultants, we are often at our best
when our consults provide increased understanding
for the consulting physician or team. Effective
teaching occurs when teacher and student can openly
communicate. We have all had the experience of
trying to discuss a topic with someone 20 years our
junior or senior, and have experienced the
generational divide with our staff or our patients.
The television, and more recently, the Internet,
have vastly changed people’s expectations of what
training should be and what constitutes good
teaching. “Edutainment” — programs that combine
education and entertainment — has become the
expectation of those who grew up with Sesame Street.
It is clear that relevance has become more important
in all aspects of medical education. In medical
school, in our residencies and fellowships and in
our continuing medical education programs, the
questions are similar. How do we make our teaching
relevant and worthwhile to this particular audience?
How do we make the most effective use of the limited
teaching hours that are available? How do we know
that participants learn?
The goal is to provide presentations of interest for
everyone and to show participants how to become more
effective. From the practicing allergist who wants
tips for better communication to those who wish to
provide some added enjoyment to their careers by
volunteering to teach at nearby medical schools or
residency programs and those with formal
responsibility for medical education, the Faculty
Development Program has something for you.
Ultimately, the goal is that every allergist should
benefit from the faculty development educational
programs.
The College is dedicated to putting these principles
in action. The 2006 annual meeting clearly
demonstrated the College’s commitment to innovations
in medical education, with the 15th Annual
Fellows-In-Training Bowl, the 3rd Annual Great
Asthma Raft Debate, and new ideas such as the
Medical Crossfire program. Each of these formats is
a way to make teaching in allergy and immunology
more fun, more interactive, and, in essence, more
meaningful to the participants.
Help us prioritize the areas in which you are
interested by telling us how you teach and what you
want to learn more about by answering the questions
in the ACAAI Poll. If you are interested in
participating in the Faculty Development Program,
e-mail Diane Kubis at
diannekubis@acaai.org. |
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Association
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View the current
Annual Meeting vodcast
The current
vodcast, from Jan. 31 to Feb. 14, features Dr. Zsolt
Szepfalusi, Vienna, Austria, who spoke at the International
Food Allergy Symposium on “Transplacental and Transmammary
Transfer of Food Antigens.”
 The
previous vodcasts are archived for continued viewing,
including:
• Dr. Joseph Bellanti on “Gastrointestinal Immunoregulation
Relevant to Food Allergy”
• Dr. Marc E. Rothenberg on “Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic
Disorders.”
Every second week, the College will post a new 30-minute
vodcast of a key scientific presentation. Each vodcast will
contain the original audio and presentation slides and can
be viewed from a computer or downloaded to a portable media
player (like an iPod).
The ACAAI podcast program is sponsored by an unrestricted
educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.
For the first time, Annual Meeting photos are online
Attendees of the ACAAI Annual Meeting in Philadelphia can
now view and
order online photos taken by the College’s
photographer.
Featured events include the Presidents Welcome Reception,
FITs Welcome Reception, Alliance International Tea
Reception, Convocation, Gold Headed Cane Reception, Exhibit
Hall, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, FIT/Training Program
Directors’ Breakfast, FIT Bowl, Women in Medicine Luncheon,
the Alliance Business Meeting Luncheon, Alliance Fundraising
and ACAAI Kids activities.
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Mummers escort
Dr. Neelam Aggarwal, Raytown, Mo., to the Exhibit
Hall. |
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are copyright of Nicole Burkart. |
GINA announces
World Asthma Day, new publications
World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the
Global
Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma
awareness and care around the world. World Asthma Day 2007
will be held Tuesday, May 1. The GINA Web site includes a
list of activity ideas, planning guide, and information
about how to reach the media.
The following new documents for health care professionals
also are available on GINA’s Web site:
GINA Report, Global Strategy for Asthma Management and
Prevention: Published November 2006. Evidence-based
guidelines for asthma management and prevention, with
citations from the scientific literature. The new guidelines
are the first global guidelines to define the new approach
of asthma symptom control rather than therapy geared to
arbitrary levels of disease severity.
For health care professionals, a PowerPoint teaching slide
set is available summarizing GINA recommendations and the
content of the new report.
Pocket Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention and
Pocket Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention in
Children: Revised December 2006. A quick-reference guide
for physicians and nurses, with key information about
patient management and education. |
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Fellows-in-Training |
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Board Review Corner
Welcome to the Board Review Corner prepared by Soo Kim-Delio,
M.D., Senior Representative of ACAAI’s fellows-in-training (FITs)
to the Board of Regents. The Board Review Corner is your chance
to test your Board preparedness.
To refer to a previous Board Review Corner, click the “FIT
Archive” link in the left column.
Review Questions: Chapter 87 of the 6th edition of
Middleton’s Allergy Principles and Practice, edited by N.
Franklin Adkinson, et al. Review questions were written by Drs.
Bret Haymore, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Soo Kim-Delio,
Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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