Alliance 2020 Needs Assessment

Please help us create education tailored to your educational needs.

The below survey is anonymous and has only 8 short questions that are designed to address unmet educational needs faced by healthcare professionals in the UK and Europe who are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic disease.

Alliance Allergy (AA) is a free e-learning platform specifically designed as a tool for clinicians from primary care and specialist backgrounds to access anytime to improve their clinical knowledge surrounding the diagnosis of allergic diseases, the administration of appropriate care and the recognition of when specialised care is required.

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* 1. What is your professional role?

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* 2. How many years have you been practising in this role?

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* 3. What are the most common allergies presented by your patients

Food allergy

Hay fever

Allergic rhinitis

Urticaria

Eczema

Contact dermatitis

Asthma

Other (please specify)

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* 4. In your day-to-day practice, which do you find most challenging?

Accurate diagnosis of allergic disease

Targeted management of allergic disease

Providing patient education surrounding allergic disease

Providing multidisciplinary care / patient referrals

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What topics do you find most challenging to discuss with / explain to patients?

Diagnostic approaches

Disease management and prognosis

Adherence to treatment

Multi-sensitisation

Appropriate use of / eligibility for immunotherapy

Other (please specify)

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* 6. With respect to diagnosis of allergic disease, which do you find most challenging?

Compiling focused patient history and physical examination

Testing to identify IgE sensitisation (via blood serum or skin-prick)

Conducting a food allergy challenge

Differentiating between primary sensitisation and cross-reactive sensitisation

Selecting patients for component versus microarray testing

Identifying patients at risk of severe allergic response

Other (please specify)

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* 7. With respect to management of allergic disease, which do you find most challenging?

Preparing a comprehensive allergen exposure reduction plan

Tracking allergic disease development or regression

Use of appropriate medication (i.e. antihistamines, emergency medication [i.e adrenaline])

Identifying allergens for successful specific immunotherapy in patients with severe disease

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Are there other topics on which you would most like to receive additional education? If so, please provide details below.

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The independent educational activities hosted on our platform are supported by educational grants provided by Thermo Fisher Scientific. PCM Scientific is the medical education company acting as scientific secretariat and organiser for this programme. The activity is run independently of the financial supporter and all content is created by the faculty. No funder has had input into the content of the activity.