ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(02MA711)

Fort Wayne Medical Education Program
Dr. D. A. Neeld
Units: 1 Full Time
 (or 2 weeks combined with another 2 week elective)
Max Students Per Unit: 1
Available: All year
Prerequisites: Fourth year status
80% Clinical; 20% Library
NOTE: This course may be dropped/added within 15 days of the beginning date for the elective.
 
The course will help students interested in primary care develop skills necessary for the outpatient management of allergic and immunologic diseases. Patients are private and include children and adults. No weekend or night call is required. The student will have the opportunity to:

Participate in the evaluation and management of asthma, allergic rhinitis,
anaphylaxis, drug allergy, venom hypersensitivity and food allergy.

Learn appropriate use of diagnostic measures such as skin testing, RAST,
pulmonary functions and rhinoscopy.

Learn the fundamentals of immunodeficiency screening.

Interview and examine patients with primary immunodeficiencies
(e.g., Bruton's, Common Variable) receiving IV gamma globulin.

This course could either be taken as a two-week elective combined with another two weeks of Dermatology, etc. or as a full four week elective.