About this event
- Date and time Mon 20 May 2024 from 9:15am to 6:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Clinical Immunology and Allergy
Join this in-person event with a practical clinical focus aiming to disseminate effective approaches and resources to improve transition care for adolescents and young adults with asthma and allergies. It will be delivered by a range of multidisciplinary experts in asthma, allergies, atopic eczema, allergic gastrointestinal disease and immunodeficiencies with specific interest and expertise in this age group.
This course will provide attendees with the tools to understand and address the challenges faced by adolescents and young adults living with asthma and/or allergies and their families, as well as healthcare professionals dealing with this age group. A range of strategies and resources aiming to improve communication, adherence and self-management skills will be presented and discussed. Case scenarios and role play will be used to illustrate common difficulties and needs identified in clinical practice.
By attending this event, participants will learn:
- The challenges faced by adolescents and young adults living with asthma and/or allergies, their families and wider network
- The challenges and barriers faced by healthcare professionals to improve transition care in asthma and allergy
- To communicate effectively with adolescents and young adults to work in partnership with them throughout the transition
- Practical approaches to improve adherence and self-management skills in adolescents and young adults living with asthma and/or allergies
- Signpost adolescents and young adults living with asthma and/or allergies, their families and wider network to available high-quality resources to support their transition process
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We would like to thank our sponsors ALK Abello Ltd, Bio-Diagnostics LTD, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd and Thermo Fisher Scientific for their support of this meeting.
Please note that the scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.
Tickets
Standard pricing available until 19 May 2024.
Member
| RSM Fellow | RSM Associate | RSM Retired Fellow | RSM Trainee | RSM Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £96.00 | £57.00 | £57.00 | £57.00 | £30.00 |
Non - Member
| Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors | AHP / Nurse / Midwife | Trainee | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| £176.00 | £105.00 | £105.00 | £55.00 |
Agenda
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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Session 1: The challenges of transition
Why transition matters and challenges for healthcare professionals
Graham Roberts
Question and answer session
The adolescent brain: why do they behave the way they do?
Audrey Dunn Galvin
Question and answer session
The impact of living with asthma and allergies as an adolescent and young adult
Rebecca Knibb
Question and answer session
The AYP and parent voice: Interview
Claudia Gore and Marta Vazquez-Ortiz
Question and answer session
Tea and coffee break
Session 2: How to approach transition
Key principles of transition
Claudia Gore
Question and answer session
Asthma and allergy specific transition
Graham Roberts
Question and answer session
Learning from the psychologists: Strategies to support transition
Audrey Dunn Galvin and Rebecca Knibb
Question and answer session
Lunch break
Session 3: Addressing key challenges in disease-specific areas (supported by cases)
Asthma (adherence, psychosocial and environmental factors, new risks e.g. vaping)
Graham Roberts and Pippa Hall
Food allergy (food avoidance, reaction identification and management, balanced adaptation)
Marta Vazquez-Ortiz
Eczema (adherence, mental health issues)
Tess McPherson
Eosinophilic esophagitis and other gastrointestinal food allergies
Edward Gaynor
Immunodeficiency and immune dysregulation
Winnie Ip
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 4: Putting skills into practice - Workshops
Participants will attend all three workshops on a rotation basis
Improving communication
Aida Semic-Jusufagic, Rebecca Knibb and Maria Birchall
Improving adherence
Graham Roberts and Kate Khaleva
Improving self-management
Marta Vazquez-Ortis, Audrey Dunn Galvin and Sarita Fenton
Travel back to auditorium
Session 5: Wrapping up: key practical tips
How to set up a transition clinic
Aida Semic-Jusufagic
Key resources
Marta Vazquez-Ortiz
The adult end
Florentina Dumitru
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Disclaimers:
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 19 May 2024 (BST). Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
We are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. This is at the presenter and the RSM’s discretion.
This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.