• WAO Specialty & Training Council
• National Certification and Accreditation Requirements
• University Accredited Educational Programs in Allergy
• Allergy and Immunology Lectures at University of South Florida
• Conferences On-Line for Allergy (COLA) at Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine

Introduction

The World Allergy Organization's Specialty and Training Council members have wide expertise in local training and certification issues in allergy and clinical immunology.

WAO Specialty & Training Council

Chair:
Lanny Rosenwasser (USA)

Co-Chair:
Sergio Del Giacco (Italy)

Members:

In 2008, the Council published an important document, Requirements for Physician Competencies in Allergy: Key Clinical Competencies Appropriate for the Care of Patients With Allergic or Immunologic Diseases: A Position Statement of the World Allergy Organization. It provides guidance on the optimum content of training programs in allergy for all levels of physicians who see patients with allergic diseases.

Link to Spanish translation

National Certification and Accreditation Requirements

Here you will find details of national allergy certification/accreditation/training requirements. Governments, health departments, member societies of the WAO and allergy training programs around the world can use them as resources and models for developing national training programs.

• Europe
• Japan
• Germany
• Sweden
• United States

University Accredited Educational Programs in Allergy

This section provides details of university accredited educational courses in allergy that offer internationally transferable credits and includes links to the websites of the providers.

• Imperial College, United Kingdom: Certificate and Masters Courses in Allergy
• University of Southampton, United Kingdom: Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Master of Science in Allergy

Allergy and Immunology Lectures at the University of South Florida

USF (University of South Florida, USA) Allergy & Immunology Lecture Series
(The 55-minute lectures are recorded in wma format and are best viewed by using Windows Media Player software.)

Editors:
Dennis Kim, MD
Second Year Advanced Subspecialty Resident and Chief Resident
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine
University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, Florida

Richard F. Lockey, MD
Joy McCann Culverhouse Chair in Allergy and Immunology
Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health, and Medicine
Director, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine
University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Tampa, Florida

Conferences On-Line for Allergy (COLA) at Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics
University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine

Conferences On-Line for Allergy (COLA) is a collaboration of the Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics section of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology with the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI). The purpose of this venture is to provide access to allergy-related educational experiences for practicing and academic allergists as well as for primary care providers and the general public.

Conferences are held generally on Mondays and Fridays from 10:00 am to noon (Central time). They can be attended live via GoToMeeting. In addition, they are recorded and archived for on-demand listening. They are also available as video podcasts through iTunes.

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Last Updated: January 4, 2012

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