Meetings for ASCIA Trainee Members

ASCIA Associate Trainee online video meetings

TAILS (Trainees In Allergy and Immunology Lecture Series)

TAILS is an online problem based learning education series held approximately every two months, which aims to bring together clinical immunology/allergy consultants and trainees from across Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.

TAILS is co-chaired by the Trainee representatives on ASCIA Council, Dr Aimee Huynh (QLD) and Dr Liam Beiglari (NSW) and commenced in 2023, with two meetings held in October and December 2023.

in 2024 the TAILS meetings are on the 4^th Thursday of each of the following months:

Thursday 29 February (Adults) 1830-1930 AEDST. Dr Bronte Jeffrey and Dr Cecilia Zubrinich - Venom allergy.

Thursday 28 March (Adults) 1830-1930 AEDST. Dr Michael Fitzgerald and Dr Karuna Keat - Interstitial lung disease in connective tissue disorders

Thursday 23 May (Paeds) 1830-1930 AEST. Dr Gabriella Graves and Dr Laine Hosking - Basic laboratory interpretation of flow cytometry

Thursday 15 August (Paeds) 1830-1930 AEST. Dr Abigail Hudson and Dr Jovanka King - Chronic granulomatous disease. (This was originally scheduled for 25 July)

Thursday 26 September (Adults) 1830-1930 AEST. Dr James Yun and Dr Liam Beiglari - Drug allergy and severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCAR)

Thursday 28 November (Paeds) 1830-1930 AEST. Dr Shruti Swamy and Dr Gemma Kwan - Immunology update from ESID

Videos of TAILS meeting presentations held since March 2024 are available on the ASCIA website:

https://www.allergy.org.au/members/postgraduate-education (this webpage can only be viewed by ASCIA members when logged in).

Why we are doing this and what we hope to achieve:

You (who we represent) asked for more education
The format has been chosen to reduce presentation fatigue and focus on learning rather than spending hours preparing presentations
We aim to create a long lasting and ongoing education series for trainees that persists into the future

The format:

1 hour of your time
15 minutes trainee led case presentation
20 minute consultant teaching on the topic
Remainder of the hour to discuss questions and problem based learning

ASCIA Annual Clinical Grand Rounds

Each year ASCIA hosts its annual Clinical Grand Rounds (CGR) as part of the ASCIA Annual Conference. Submission of ASCIA CGR cases is limited to advanced trainees in allergy/immunology.

ASCIA Associate (Trainee) members are also encouraged to register and submit poster abstracts for ASCIA Annual Conferences, to further their knowledge in all areas of clinical immunology and allergy. For more information go here.

ASCIA Annual Conference Poster and CGR prizes are listed here.

ASCIA Advanced Training Meetings 2007-2023

2023, 30 April-2 May - ASCIA Immunodeficiency Training Meeting - Manly NSW
2022, 18 June - ASCIA Allergy, PID and Autoimmunity Advanced Training Meeting - Manly, NSW
2019, 26-30 May - ASCIA PID (APID) Advanced Training Meeting - Manly NSW
2018, 8 September - ASCIA Autoimmunity Update - Canberra ACT 2018 ASCIA (held n conjunction with the ASCIA 2018 Conference)
2017, 29-30 July - ASCIA Environmental Allergy Meeting and Private Practice Workshop - Sydney NSW
2016, 24-28 July - ASCIA PID (APID) Advanced Training Meeting - Melbourne VIC
2015, 12 September - ASCIA Autoimmunity Update - Adelaide SA
2014, 2-4 May - ASCIA Allergy Advanced Training meeting - Manly NSW
2013, 12-16 May - APPID Summer School - Manly NSW
2012, 1-2 June - ASCIA Autoimmunity Advanced Training Meeting - Sydney NSW
2011, 6-7 May - ASCIA Allergy Advanced Training Meeting - Sydney NSW
2010, 9-13 May - APPID Summer School - Hobart TAS
2009, 9 May - ASCIA Autoimmunity Advanced Training meeting - Manly NSW
2008, 10 May - ASCIA Allergy Advanced Training meeting - Blue Mountains NSW
2007, May - APPID Summer School - Port Douglas, QLD

Participation in the ASCIA Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) Advanced Training meetings (previously known as Summer Schools) is restricted to current ASCIA Associate (Trainee) members or recently qualified clinical immunology/allergy specialists, who have not previously attended these meetings. Information from the APID training meeting in May 2019 is on the ASCIA website www.allergy.org.au/conferences/advanced-trainees/apid

It is our intention that ASCIA Associate (Trainee) members participate in at least one Advanced Training Meeting during advanced training, or soon after completion of advanced training.

Prior to 2007 it had been almost a decade since the last ASCIA Advanced Training Meeting had been held. We are grateful to Dr Joanne Smart, Dr Karl Bleasel and Professor Dominic Mallon for initiating the ASCIA Advanced Training meetings which have now been held since 2007.