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ERN-LUNG Academy

The ERN-LUNG Academy is a curriculum for medical staff at any stage of their career, who wishes to get a proof of knowledge on rare respiratory diseases. It consists of Webinars and eCases, but also includes on-site training in ERN-LUNG Centers. We call for applications from participants of EU-member States from September to November each year. Classes start in January. If you wish to apply for next year’s class, please send a letter of motivation to info@ern-lung.eu

ERN-LUNG Online advance system

The EXpert Advisory BOard (EXABO) is a pan-European internet platform, which has been developed in the context of ERN-LUNG in liaison with the Medical Informatics Group of University Hospital Frankfurt, to answer questions on all aspects of rare respiratory diseases. The platform is primarily aimed at patients and care team members but is openly accessible by anyone who wants to ask a related question.

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Interlinked UnDiagnosed Task Force

This multistakeholder task force initiative has been established recently to develop a generic data set for undiagnosed patient registries in Europe. The interlinked UnDiagnosed Task Force (IL-UD-TF operates within the framework of The European Joint Action JARDIN, subtask 7.7, and our UnDiagnosed Patients Working Group (UDP WG). The Kick-Off-Meeting on the 27th of May 2024 was very enriching. Many participants gave valuable inputs and experiences in the field of RD and UDP registries. We discussed about the use of artificial intelligence, unified language models, the extension of the “Set of common data elements for rare diseases registration” as well as the conception of recommendations for such a UDP registry data set.

The second meeting was held on the 24th of June 2024. We discussed the scope of this task force, which will focus on the development of a data set for undiagnosed patient registries for Europe. It is important to have multiple stakeholders on board and engage participantion of patients in this task. We are in the process of writing a draft position paper together with all task contributors.