CONTINUING EDUCATION

As of April 14, 2024.

To date, conference educational objectives are to recognize, discuss and debate the following (to be announced)

Allergy and Food Allergy

• Understand new Immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated food allergy clinical findings discussed over the last year. 
• Discuss novel aspects of non-IgE mediated food allergy discussed over the last year.;
• Explain the impact of food allergy on patient and family quality of life.
• Describe resources to help mitigate psychosocial impacts of food allergy, including anxiety, worry and depression. 
• Identify conditions that are considered non-lgE mediated food allergies. 
• Understand the symptoms non-IgE mediated food allergy conditions. 
• Recognize the need to refer to an allergist for diagnosis and management of non-IgE mediated food allergy. 
• Learn commonly used diagnostic tests in allergy, asthma and immunology (AAI). 
• Review AAI diagnostic tools through interactive questions highlighted by clinical scenarios. 
• Recognize mechanisms of anaphylaxis. 
• Identify specific risk factors associated with anaphylaxis and occult conditions presenting with anaphylaxis. 
• Learn appropriate and evolving therapy for anaphylaxis. 
• Discuss developing non-injectable therapies for anaphylaxis. 
• Review clinical cases involving food-based gastrointestinal (GI) problems that arose from real Alaskan lifestyles and adventures. 
• Recognize various GI issues through compelling tales of the Last Frontier, understanding that we are what we eat.

Immune System

• Hear real-world cases that highlight challenging allergy and immunology conditions.
• Understand the role of reduced immunoglobulin (Ig) levels in Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemia (SHG).
• Review tools and tests used to diagnose SHG.
• Discuss practical methods and approaches for managing SHG. Review the latest updates regarding diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis.
• Discuss how mast cell disorders, including mastocytosis, present.
• Describe how to approach the patient suspected of having a mast cell disorder.
• Identify specific immunologic changes that occur with aging.
• Review approaches to evaluate immune system health.
• Learn potential management options for patients with aging immune systems

Respiratory and Pulmonary Disease

• Distinguish between clinical presentations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma COPD overlap (AC).
• Identify tools and tests used to diagnose and distinguish COPD and ACO Develop a differential diagnosis for bronchiectasis.
• Learn how to properly evaluate patients with asthma-like presenting symptoms.
• Implement an effective treatment strategy for patients with challenging respiratory disease diagnoses.
• Review current recommendations from the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA).
• Recognize the important themes and changes in the 2024 GINA update.
• Understand the rationale for changes in the 2024 GINA update.
• Perform differential diagnosis of eosinophilic disorders.
• Identify patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES).
• Review HES management options, including current and novel therapies.

Current Issues

• Describe major areas of health disparities in the field of allergy/immunology
• Understand how literacy and illness representation affect health and wellness.
• Review interventions that can help allergy/immunology health care providers to improve health disparities.
• Integrative medicine and artificial intelligence (AI).