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 live teaching and recorded sessions, we offer group online tutorials to support student learning. There is also a guided immunology e-learning package with self-assessment available for students to explore in their own time. The self-assessment is formative and automated feedback is provided.
Study time
Type |
Hours |
Tutorial |
2 |
Teaching |
18 |
Independent Study |
80 |
Total study time |
100 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
4. 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
3. American Academy of Dermatology Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2014 Section 1-4.
5. Rook's Textbook of Dermatology. Ardern-Jones MR, Flohr C, Reynolds NJ, et al. Atopic Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis). In: Griffiths CEM, Barker J, Bleiker T, et al. (eds.) Rook's Textbook of Dermatology. 9th ed. Oxford Wiley Blackwell; 2016. Note: library have the eBook of this new 9th edition.
6. Useful Journals:. Allergy
Clinical Experimental Allergy
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Internet Resources
Resources for skin of colour: (3) Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology Skin of Colour Resource.
Resources for skin of colour: (2) Black and Brown Skin.
Resources for skin of colour: (1) Skin deep.
The Dermatology: Handbook for medical students & junior doctors.
Resources for skin of colour: (4) Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in Black and Brown skin.
Textbooks
Griffiths CEM, Barker J, Bleiker T, et al. (2016). Atopic Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) In Rook's Textbook of Dermatology. Wiley Blackwell (available as an e-book).
Ardern-Jones MR, Hampton PJ, Vleugels RA (2017). Handbook of Dermatology Treatment. London: JP Medical.
Gawkrodger D and Ardern-Jones MR (2016). Dermatology: An Illustrated Colour Text. Elsevier.