Allergic Airways Diseases

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Discuss the anatomy, immunology and physiology of the upper and lower airways and how they are altered by specific allergic diseases.
• Evaluate approaches to improve patient-centred care through consideration of cultural circumstances and potential barriers to care.
• Critically assess research carried out by others and evaluate its usefulness for your own practice.
• Propose appropriate clinical tests for the investigation and diagnosis of allergic airways disease.
• Interpret diagnostic information from clinical scenarios and appraise the efficacy of various management strategies.
• Formulate informed judgements in a clinical and/or scientific setting and communicate these effectively to patients and/or other professionals.
• Assess treatment regimes (both pharmaceutical and other modalities) for a range of upper and lower airways problems using appropriate clinical judgement.

The syllabus for the Allergic Airways Disease module addresses the following themes and covers both adults and children:

• Clinical and scientific basis of allergic airways disease including emerging phenotypic and endotypic classifiers of disease.
• Principles of management of allergic airways disease including the role of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and pharmacotherapy.
• Current and future therapies for treating airways disease.

Teaching and learning methods

This online module is a blend of synchronous live and asynchronous recorded sessions and provides a flexible learning environment that gives you control over how, when and where you study. We strongly encourage you to plan your time so that you can attend our live teaching and make the most of being able to take part in rich discussions and interact with the teaching staff and your fellow students.

A variety of online learning and teaching methods will be adopted to promote the development of a wide range of skills. Specialist lecturers from a range of academic and health care professional backgrounds will be used to ensure a breadth and depth of perspective is offered, giving a good balance between background theories and principles and practical management advice. In addition, by sharing their experience of living with allergy, patients will give an insight into their perspective, enabling you to develop your patient-centred approach.

As well as the formal live teaching and recorded sessions, we offer group online tutorials to support student learning. Students are encouraged to raise aspects from the module that they would like to be covered in these sessions, which are recorded and made available on Blackboard for those unable to attend the live online sessions. There is also a guided immunology e-learning package with self-assessment available for students to take advantage of in their own time. The self-assessment is formative and automated feedback is provided.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

4. Useful Journals. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in Practice Clinical and Experimental Allergy Allergy Thorax European Respiratory Journal American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Rhinology Journal of Laryngology and Otolaryngology Lancet Respiratory Medicine

2. e-Books. There are many e-books available from the University of Southampton library in both allergy and related academic subjects (e.g. reflection, study skills, communication skills). Access the online site: https://www-lib.soton.ac.uk/.

3. Global Atlas of Allergy. EAACI have produced an online Global Atlas of Allergy. To access the atlas, visit http://www.eaaci.org/globalatlas/GlobalAtlasAllergy.pdf.

1. Talis reading list. Additional resources can be found on our Talis reading list which you can access from the module’s Blackboard site

Internet Resources

BTS/SIGN guidelines for the management of asthma.

ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) Guidelines.

GINA (Global Initiative for Asthma) guidelines.

Textbooks

Holgate, Church and Lichtenstein (2011). Allergy. Chapter 2-5, 12. London: Mosby.

Rich, Fleisher et al (2019). Middleton's allergy essentials. Elsevier (available as e-book).

Albert RK, Spiro S, Jett JR. (2008). Clinical Respiratory Medicine. London: Mosby.

Assessment strategy

The assessment for the module provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes and to (1) demonstrate the depth and breadth of your knowledge of allergic airways disease, along with (2) showing higher cognitive skills and your ability to make sound judgements. There is one assessed component which is based on a clinical case and includes integrated elements relevant to clinical practice. The pass mark for the module and all assessed components is 50%.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External