Occupational asthma course 2025 |
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Occupational Asthma Course 2025: 25th and 26th February, Meriden, Coventry
This 2-day course
offers training to those working in respiratory physiology/medicine with an
interest in occupational asthma, or those currently working in occupational
health. It covers the core investigations into occupational asthma, how to do
them and interpret them, with a case-based approach throughout.
Costs
2-day
Occupational asthma course: £450. ARTP members £375
Booking form in resources below
Target Audience
This course is aimed at Respiratory Physiologists, Occupational Health
Doctors and Nurses, GPs, Asthma Nurses, and others involved in diagnosis or
screening for occupational asthma.
Programme
Day 1
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09.00 |
Registration
& Coffee |
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09.15 |
Introduction
to occupational asthma course |
VM |
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09.20 |
What
is asthma, what is occupational asthma? |
GW |
|
10.00 |
Oasys
background |
VM |
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10.20 |
Case
based approach to occupational asthma |
GW/CH |
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11.15 |
Break |
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11.30 |
Diagnosis:
serial peak flows and Oasys practical session |
VM/GW/SW/CH |
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13.00 |
Lunch
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14.00 |
Workplaces,
agents and exposures |
CH |
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14.30 |
Mini
Quiz |
CH/GW |
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15.00 |
Patient
Perspective |
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15.30 |
Break |
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15.45 |
The
asthma Hazard program |
VM/SW |
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16.00 |
Diagnosis:
challenge testing |
VM/SW |
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16.15 |
Immunology |
CH |
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16.30 |
questions |
All |
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16.45 |
Close |
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Day 2
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8.45 |
Registration |
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09.00 |
Diagnostic mimics |
GW/CH |
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09.45 |
Spirometry interpretation |
SW/VM |
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10.15 |
Surveillance, compensation and litigation |
ER |
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11.30 |
Break |
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11.45 |
Assessing
FEV1 decline |
SW/VM |
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13.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 |
Candidate
Cases |
All |
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14.30 |
Management
of the affected worker |
ER |
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15.30 |
Break |
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15.45 |
Sources
of Information |
CH |
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16.15 |
Course
evaluation and summary |
All |
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16.45 |
Close |
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Resources
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