Type
online
Price
$100.00
Course Length
2.5–3 hours
Timeframe
6 months
Access
open
By completing this course, participants will enhance their competency in both DLCO and spirometry testing, ensuring adherence to current international standards and supporting more accurate diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases.
Course Structure
This course features:
- Login to RESPTREC® using registration email and password.
- Side bar menu for easy navigation of course content.
- Visible course itinerary to easily track course progress.
- Final quiz to assess comprehension and application of course content.
- Course evaluation.
From time of registration, students have 6 months to complete this course. This course takes approximately 2.5–3 hours to complete.
Curriculum
DLCO Training
The content for this section of the course focuses on:
- Clarification and considerations for the implementation of the 2017 ERS/ATS DLCO standards.
- A review of frequently asked question about various aspects of the 2017 DLCO standards.
- How the initial 2017 ATS/ERS DLCO quality grading system has been subsequently modified.
- The rationale for DLCO adjustments.
- Technologist responsibilities and patient concerns.
Spirometry Refresher
The content for this section of the course focuses on the revisions in the 2019 ATS/ERS technical standards for spirometry relating to:
- Indications and Relative Contraindications
- Equipment Specifications
- Device Quality Assurance
- Operator Details
- Patient Details
- FEV1 and FVC Manoeuvre
- Manoeuvre Acceptability and Repeatability
- Bronchodilator Responsiveness Testing
- Grading the Quality of the Test Session
- Operator Feedback
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives for this course include:
DLCO Training
- Participants will be able to discuss clarifications and considerations for the implementation of the 2017 ERS/ATS DLCO standards.
- Participants will review frequently asked question about various aspects of the 2017 DLCO standards.
- Participants will be able to describe how the initial 2017 ATS/ERS DLCO quality grading system has been subsequently modified.
- Participants will review the rationale for DLCO adjustments.
- Participants will be able to discuss technologist responsibilities and patient concerns.
Spirometry Refresher
- Participants will be able to conduct quality spirometry meeting current international guidelines.
- Participants will demonstrate understanding of the revisions in the 2019 ATS/ERS technical standards for spirometry relating to equipment, quality control, patient instruction and conducting and evaluating spirometry manoeuvres.
Eligibility
Students must meet the following entrance criteria:
- have successfully completed the RESPTREC® Spirometry Course or an equivalent accredited spirometry course, or
- have an RT or RRT designation, or
- have at least six months of clinical or research experience in conducting spirometry, or
- have other combinations of spirometry training and experience which will be reviewed on an individual basis
If there is a question regarding met criteria, acceptance to the program will be made on an individual basis and at the discretion of the RESPTREC® Management committee.
Acknowledgements
RESPTREC® gratefully acknowledges Dr. Brian Graham, PhD, lead author of the 2019 ATS/ERS Spirometry Standards, for his work in creating this course.
Study Credits
The hours invested in completing this course can be included in your continuing professional education learning portfolio.
Non-accredited Study Hours
RESPTREC® courses can be considered evidence-based, relevant, non-accredited learning hours within continuing professional development portfolios. The DLCO Training and Refresher Course should take 2.5–3 hours to complete.
