Overview

Endorsed by the Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science (ANZSRS) and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), this extensive 2 day course is for health professionals who care for people with asthma, COPD and other respiratory conditions.

Course Objective

To develop skills to enable particpants to perform spirometry to internationally recognised best practice.

Outline

The course combines practical and self assessment (50%) and lectures to maximise learning. Components of the course are:

• Introduction to spirometry - respiratory, physiology, history, parameters, international standards
• Purpose of spirometry - indications and contraindications to testing
• Test performance - instruction to patient, acceptability and reproducibility criteria, reversibility assessment, troubleshooting (equipment and patient)
• Selection of best test
• Quality assurance - equipment (calibration, quality control), staff, documentation, infection control
• Choosing a spirometer
• Predicted reference equations - normal range, selection, limitations
• Interpretation - diagnostic pattern, severity, reversibility, trending

Facilitators

Expert Respiratory Scientists from the Physiology Service of the Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (AIRMed), The Alfred.

Course dates

Monday 16 - Tuesday 17 February

(Other dates in 2009)
Thursday 7 - Friday 8 May
Thursday 13 - Friday 14 August
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 November

Course times

9.00am - 5.00pm (each day)

Venue

AMREP Education Centre
The Alfred
Commercial Road
Melbourne

Cost

General fee: $632.50 (inc GST)
Public Hospital/University fee: $489.50 (inc GST)