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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 yearโ€™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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UnDiagosed Patients Working group -update-

Quite some things are ongoing in our UnDiagnosed Patients Working Group. The screening process for the CF systematic review is ongoing. At the same time, our clinical Task Force Griuos (TFs) are kickstarting their work to identify prerequisite diagnostic procedures to diagnose CF, ILD, PCD, and PH. Two patient workshops have been scheduled by Matt-Bolz Johnson, Andrea Cembrero, and Gergely Meszaros aiming to collect patient experiences on the barriers and enablers of the patient pathways aiming to collect patient experiences on the barriers and enablers of their rare disease patient pathways.

All these three workstreams are important for the development of an UnDiagnosed Patient Pathway, defining the entry of UDPs to the ERN. We are very grateful for the enthusiasm and commitment to this task of our WG members and look forward to the next steps.

UDP WG and we are looking forward to the next steps, which are the kickstart of the TFs, the patient workshops, and the first results of the Systematic Review