Implementation of National Allergy Council Schools/Childcare projects allocated to ASCIA (funded by the Australian government) including the following achievements in 2024: 

• Evaluation reports based on feedback surveys in ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training courses for schools, children's education/care and community. www.allergy.org.au/ascia-reports#nacscec
• Development of an ASCIA anaphylaxis training refresher video for schools, children's education/care and community, based on feedback from course participants and the content of ASCIA anaphylaxis refresher e-training courses. www.allergy.org.au/ascia-videos

The following projects are due for completion in early 2025:

• Evaluation reports based on 2024 feedback surveys in ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training courses for schools, children's education/care and community. 
• Development of a Scoping Report for undergraduate education/training for people studying to work in schools and children's education/care. (Due date extended to March 2025).
• Updating of ASCIA website and e-training learning management system (LMS) to improve the user experience (US) and user interface (UI) for patients, carers, schools, chidren's education/care and community.

Implementation of National Allergy Council Shared Care for Allergy projects allocated to ASCIA (funded by the Australian government) including the following achievements in 2024: 

• Funding of 5 health professional education and training initiatives through an EOI process. www.allergy.org.au/national-allergy-strategy
• Evaluation reports based on 2022 and 2023 feedback surveys in ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training courses for health professionals. www.allergy.org.au/ascia-reports#scap
• Updating of more than 100 ASCIA patient/carer educational resources to promote patient/carer organisations and improve readability. www.allergy.org.au/patients
• Improved access to ASCIA online education, training and clinical resources through development and promotion of ASCIA Quicklinks. www.allergy.org.au/about-ascia/quick-links
• Application submitted for MBS food challenge item number. www.allergy.org.au/about-ascia/info-updates/ascia-application-for-mbs-item-for-supervised-oral-food-challenges
• Planning for development of an ASCIA referral toolkit. www.allergy.org.au/patients/allergy-and-clinical-immunology-services 
• Participation in 12 medical conferences with more than 14,000 delegates, to promote ASCIA education, training and clinical resources. www.allergy.org.au/ascia-reports#sca
• Increased promotion of ASCIA resources through e-newsletters and social media, with a reach of more than 12,000  followers each month.
• RACGP accreditation of ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training for health professionals (2025 version).

The following projects are due for completion in early 2025:

• Other accreditation of ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training for health professionals (2025 version)
• Updating of ASCIA health professional educational resources to promote patient/carer organisations. 
• Evaluation reports based on 2024 feedback surveys in ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training courses for health professionals. 
• Development of ASCIA anaphylaxis refresher training video for health professionals, based on feedback from course participants and the content of ASCIA anaphylaxis refresher e-training. 
• Resubmission of application for MBS food challenge item number. (Due March 2025) 
• Development of a Scoping Report for undergraduate education/training for people studying to work as health professionals. (Due date extended to March 2025)
• Updating of ASCIA website and e-training learning management system (LMS) to improve the user experience (US) and user interface (UI) for health professionals.

This news item was issued on 8 November 2024 by Jill Smith, CEO of ASCIA, the peak professional body for clinical immunology and allergy in Australia and New Zealand.