COLA: Oral challenges for food

Price: $25 members FREE for members until June 30, 2018, $35 non members

Session recorded on September 18, 2017.

Speaker: Maya Nanda, MD, MSc

Viewers can earn credit by completing the posttest questions.

With the increase of food allergy concerns amongst patients, physicians need to be proficient in how to select patients eligible for oral food challenge, how to conduct an oral food challenge in the office, how to monitor an oral food challenge, and how to interpret an oral food challenge. This video covers the indications and risks/benefits of oral food challenges. It describes the types of oral food challenges, including location and food preparation. Other aspects covered include dosing schedule, monitoring and stopping, and interpreting outcomes and post-challenge.

Target Audience

Practicing Allergists / Immunologists
Fellows-in-Training

Learning Objectives

After viewing the video recording, learners should be able to…

  • Identify the indications, risks/benefits, and dosing schedule of oral food challenges
  • Be proficient in oral food challenge office preparedness, monitoring and anaphylaxis management
  • Implement procedure guidelines in office oral food challenge with adequate well-trained supervision by medical personnel

Accreditation
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.

Additional information
Disclosure: 

As required by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and in accordance with the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) policy, all educational planners, presenters, instructors, moderators, authors, reviewers, and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest that have occurred within the past 12 months. The ACCME defines a “commercial interest” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests. For more information, visit www.accme.org. All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. It is required that disclosure be provided to the learners prior to the start of the activity.

Individuals with no relevant financial relationships must also inform the learners that no relevant financial relationships exist. Learners must also be informed when off-label, experimental/investigational uses of drugs or devices are discussed in an educational activity or included in related materials.

Disclosure in no way implies that the information presented is biased or of lesser quality. It is incumbent upon course participants to be aware of these factors in interpreting the program contents and evaluating recommendations. Moreover, expressed views do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ACAAI.

All identified conflicts of interest have been resolved.

Jay Portnoy, MD, Planner
Speaker, Honorarium: Thermofisher, Boehringer Ingelheim

The following have no financial relationships to disclose:

Paul Dowling, MD, Planner
Maya Nanda, MD, MSc

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/18/2017
Course expires: 
12/31/2018
Cost:
$35.00
Rating: 
0

Maya Nanda, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Children's Mercy Kansas City

Accreditation
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Attendance

Accreditation Period

Course opens: 
09/18/2017
Course expires: 
12/31/2018

Price

Cost:
$35.00
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