Module 8: Practical Training In Desensitisation

NOTE: Attendance at a minimum of one part of Module 8 is required.

10.00: History of the development of neutralisation

• Tracing the technique back to its origins in the 1920s

10.30: Conditions where it is useful

• The medical conditions in which it has been demonstrated to be effective.

11.00: Technique

11.30: Practical aspects with extensive practical demonstrations

• Standard whealing responses.
• Unusual wheal responses.
• Safety aspects
• Colouration with skin prick testing

4.30: Evidence of effectiveness

• Double-blind trials of the effectiveness of neutralisation

5.00: End

Module 8b: Training in Enzyme Potentiated Desensitisation

This module is run under the aegis of Dr Len McEwen: contact the office for details of the next course.