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491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training

BACKGROUND: Allergen immunotherapy (IT) is a key component of allergy practice of allergy. Canadian fellows-in-training have expressed concern that they receive inadequate exposure to IT in their training programs. METHODS: Canadian fellows-in-training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, identified...

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Autores principales: Pun, Teresa, Kastner, Monika, Leeyonge Kim, Harold, Moote, D. William, Waserman, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Allergy Organization Journal 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3512924/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.WOX.0000411606.27561.e2
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author Pun, Teresa
Kastner, Monika
Leeyonge Kim, Harold
Moote, D. William
Waserman, Susan
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Leeyonge Kim, Harold
Moote, D. William
Waserman, Susan
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description BACKGROUND: Allergen immunotherapy (IT) is a key component of allergy practice of allergy. Canadian fellows-in-training have expressed concern that they receive inadequate exposure to IT in their training programs. METHODS: Canadian fellows-in-training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, identified through the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), were contacted via email to complete a pilot survey (using survey monkey) to assess their exposure to, experience with, and comfort level in using IT. RESULTS: Sixty-nine Canadian fellows-in-training were invited to complete the survey and 16 (23%) completed at least part of the survey. Fifty-four percent of 13 respondents were in their first year of fellowship. Fifty percent of 12 respondents were internal medicine trained. Eighty-three percent of 12 respondents acknowledged exposure to IT during their training. Eighty percent of 10 respondents had previously written a prescription for IT; 71% and 43% of 7 respondents had written 1 to 5 prescriptions for aeroallergen and stinging venom IT, respectively. Only 50% of 12 respondents felt comfortable prescribing IT. The most common reason cited was lack of experience; however, one respondent wrote that he/she would feel uncomfortable prescribing IT without using the standardized hospital IT form. Sixty-seven percent of 12 respondents had previously administered IT to a patient. Sixteen percent of 12 respondents felt uncomfortable administering IT due to lack of experience. Fifty percent of 12 respondents had treated a patient having an allergic reaction to IT and 100% of these same respondents felt "somewhat comfortable" to "very comfortable" in responding to an allergic reaction to IT. Seventy-five percent of 12 respondents agreed that a formal clinical rotation in IT would be helpful. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this pilot survey demonstrate that Canadian fellows-in-training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology are not receiving adequate exposure and training in IT. Future studies will help to explore this subject in more detail.
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spelling pubmed-35129242012-12-21 491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training Pun, Teresa Kastner, Monika Leeyonge Kim, Harold Moote, D. William Waserman, Susan World Allergy Organ J Abstracts of the XXII World Allergy Congress BACKGROUND: Allergen immunotherapy (IT) is a key component of allergy practice of allergy. Canadian fellows-in-training have expressed concern that they receive inadequate exposure to IT in their training programs. METHODS: Canadian fellows-in-training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, identified through the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), were contacted via email to complete a pilot survey (using survey monkey) to assess their exposure to, experience with, and comfort level in using IT. RESULTS: Sixty-nine Canadian fellows-in-training were invited to complete the survey and 16 (23%) completed at least part of the survey. Fifty-four percent of 13 respondents were in their first year of fellowship. Fifty percent of 12 respondents were internal medicine trained. Eighty-three percent of 12 respondents acknowledged exposure to IT during their training. Eighty percent of 10 respondents had previously written a prescription for IT; 71% and 43% of 7 respondents had written 1 to 5 prescriptions for aeroallergen and stinging venom IT, respectively. Only 50% of 12 respondents felt comfortable prescribing IT. The most common reason cited was lack of experience; however, one respondent wrote that he/she would feel uncomfortable prescribing IT without using the standardized hospital IT form. Sixty-seven percent of 12 respondents had previously administered IT to a patient. Sixteen percent of 12 respondents felt uncomfortable administering IT due to lack of experience. Fifty percent of 12 respondents had treated a patient having an allergic reaction to IT and 100% of these same respondents felt "somewhat comfortable" to "very comfortable" in responding to an allergic reaction to IT. Seventy-five percent of 12 respondents agreed that a formal clinical rotation in IT would be helpful. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this pilot survey demonstrate that Canadian fellows-in-training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology are not receiving adequate exposure and training in IT. Future studies will help to explore this subject in more detail. World Allergy Organization Journal 2012-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3512924/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.WOX.0000411606.27561.e2 Text en Copyright © 2012 by World Allergy Organization
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Pun, Teresa
Kastner, Monika
Leeyonge Kim, Harold
Moote, D. William
Waserman, Susan
491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training
title 491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training
title_full 491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training
title_fullStr 491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training
title_full_unstemmed 491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training
title_short 491 Immunotherapy (IT) Training in Canada: Current Experience of Fellows-in-training
title_sort 491 immunotherapy (it) training in canada: current experience of fellows-in-training
topic Abstracts of the XXII World Allergy Congress
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3512924/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.WOX.0000411606.27561.e2
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