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New aspects in allergy education with special emphasis on anaphylaxis

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Background

Interdisciplinary anaphylaxis education programs have been performed in Germany and Austria since 2007 according to the program of the Working Group on Anaphylaxis Training and Education (AGATE, “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Anaphylaxie Training und Edukation”), as well as in Switzerland with similar content. The basic units of education have been developed from a standardized guideline-based manual, which is continuously updated and is currently being converted into a modular system.

Methods

In June 2016, an expert meeting took place in Davos, Switzerland, under the auspices of the Christine Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), bringing together experts from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with the aim of developing new concepts in allergy education.

Results

Supplementary online modules were discussed as new avenues in didactics and methodology. The electronic content of these modules is in the process of being formulated and existing websites are being adapted. In terms of content, the topic “anxiety” needs to be included, and guidance for an individualized risk-management strategy for patients would appear important. New target groups for anaphylaxis seminars (apart from physicians/nurses, other healthcare personnel, and non-medical health occupations such as pharmacists) include carers, teachers, and nursery school teachers.

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Abbreviations

AGAS:

Working group on asthma education (“Arbeitsgemeinschaft Asthmaschulung”)

AGATE:

Working group on anaphylaxis training and education (“Arbeitsgemeinschaft Anaphylaxie – Training und Edukation”)

AGNES:

Working group on eczema (“Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neurodermitisschulung”)

ARNE:

Working group on neurodermatits education for adults (“Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neurodermitisschulung für Erwachsene”)

DAAB:

German Allergy and Asthma Association (“Deutscher Allergiker- und Asthmatiker-Bund”)

D-A-CH:

Germany-Austria-Switzerland (Deutschland-Österreich-Schweiz)

DRG:

Diagnosis-related groups

EbM:

Evidence-based medicine

ETFAD:

European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis

ISAD:

International Society of Atopic Dermatitis

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  1. Christine Kühne – Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), Davos, Switzerland

    Johannes Ring, Daniela Münch & Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier

  2. Department of Dermatology and Allergology Biederstein, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Biedersteiner Straße 29, 80802, Munich, Germany

    Johannes Ring, Knut Brockow & Claudia Kugler

  3. Department of Pediatrics at the Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Norbert Gebert

  4. Allergy Ward, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Karin Grando & Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier

  5. Outpatient Training Center, Pediatric Practice Dr. Brosi, Würzburg, Germany

    Doris Götz

  6. Pediatric Department, State Hospital, Paracelsus University, Salzburg, Austria

    Isidor Hutegger

  7. aha!, Bern, Switzerland

    Hannes Lüthi

  8. Rehabilitationsklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche Wangen, Fachkliniken Wangen, Wangen, Germany

    Thomas Spindler

  9. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University Hospital Gießen, Gießen, Germany

    Uwe Gieler

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J. Ring, K. Brockow, C. Kugler, N. Gebert, K. Grando, D. Götz, I. Hutegger, H. Lüthi, D. Münch, T. Spindler, P. Schmid-Grendelmeier, and U. Gieler declare that they have no competing interests.

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Ring, J., Brockow, K., Kugler, C. et al. New aspects in allergy education with special emphasis on anaphylaxis. Allergo J Int 26, 267–272 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-017-0032-0

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