Target audience
- The main target audience are trainees in respiratory medicine
and young doctors.
Educational aims
This course aims to provide state of the art knowledge in the
following:
- Foster the understanding the physiological mechanisms and
rationale
- Provide a clear insight into the optimal conduct of spirometry
- Provide state-of-the-art knowledge on recognising the
indications and the protocols used in clinical settings (i.e.
when to use which test)
- Increase the understanding and interpretation of spirometry
test results in a systematic fashion
- Provide familiarity with the new ATS/ERS standardisation of
spirometry
- Identify potential practical problems in the conduct and
interpretation of spirometric data