Allergy/Immunology

This elective trains you to effectively manage allergy, asthma and immunology patients in the primary care setting.

During our allergy/immunology elective, you’ll:

  • diagnose, treat and refer patients of all ages with immunologic deficiencies in a cost-effective manner
  • differentiate adult asthma from other pulmonary disorders
  • interact with relevant specialists

You’ll learn how to use pulmonary function testing to manage patients, and understand the factors necessary to set up office-based spirometry.

You’ll become familiar with desensitization therapy, understanding its initiation, duration and maintenance.

Conditions Seen

You’ll diagnose and treat patients with:

  • asthma (adult and pediatric)
  • chronic sinusitis
  • cutaneous and systemic allergic reactions
  • allergic drug reactions

Clinical Site