Occupational asthma course 2025

Occupational asthma course 2025
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

09.00

Registration & Coffee

 

09.15

Introduction to occupational asthma course

VM

09.20

What is asthma, what is occupational asthma?

GW

10.00

Oasys background

VM

10.20

Case based approach to occupational asthma

GW/CH

11.15

Break

 

11.30

Diagnosis: serial peak flows and Oasys practical session

VM/GW/SW/CH

13.00

Lunch

 

14.00

Workplaces, agents and exposures

CH

14.30

Mini Quiz

CH/GW

15.00

Patient Perspective

 

15.30

Break

 

15.45

The asthma Hazard program

VM/SW

16.00

Diagnosis: challenge testing

VM/SW

16.15

Immunology

CH

16.30

questions

All

16.45

Close

 



Day 2

8.45

Registration

 

09.00

Diagnostic mimics

GW/CH

09.45

Spirometry interpretation

SW/VM

10.15

Surveillance, compensation and litigation

ER

11.30

Break

 

11.45

Assessing FEV1 decline

SW/VM

13.00

Lunch

 

14.00

Candidate Cases

All

14.30

Management of the affected worker

ER

15.30

Break

 

15.45

Sources of Information

CH

16.15

Course evaluation and summary

All

16.45

Close

 


Resources

Booking form 2025

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