Course Information:
This one day course will review recent changes in spirometry standards and guidelines published by the American Thoracic Society. This course is especially useful for testing technicians who originally trained before these important changes occurred. This program will also provide additional insight towards the understanding, significance, and interpretation of lung function tests. By expanding the interpretation component of this program, students will better understand the effects of sub-maximal effort, invalid maneuvers, and other factors that affect interpretation of the test. Examples of poorly conducted tests will be used to provide insight towards improving coaching technique.

Refresher training is recommended by the:

American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN), American Thoracic Society (ATS), American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), National Institute of Health (NIH), and others.

Refresher training helps ensure that persons who perform spirometry testing learn new information regarding changes in test procedures, review new protocols, and have the opportunity to discuss problems not foreseen during initial training.

Consider the following questions.
1. Does your employer desire (expect) testing to be conducted according to the most recent recommendations and guidelines established by the ATS and others?
2. Are you fully aware of the most recent changes and are you in compliance?

Note:
Our refresher - update is NOT a repeat of our NIOSH approved spirometry training course. Unlike other programs where the student simply repeats the original course material, our course is designed to review prior information while providing new material to improve testing skills. The emphasis of this course is learning how to get more information from computerized spirometry systems and learning how to improve testing technique. There is NO hand measurements or calculations to be performed by the student, and there is NO examination at the end of this class.

We don't manufacture or sell spirometry equipment. The University of Cincinnati is a teaching and learning institution. Students will receive unbiased solutions to their spirometry problems.