Course
A & T Respiratory Lectures has developed a series of easily accessible and affordable educational courses focused on various aspects of pulmonary function testing. The course content is designed and presented by experts in the field who are engaged in research and education in pulmonary diagnostics.
Pulmonary Function Testing Part 2:
This course discusses obstructive and restrictive disease processes, basic measurements, reference values, repeatability, and acceptability, and how to perform a quality procedure as well as calibration of the spirometer and patterns of abnormal results. You can move through these chapters at your own pace:
- Obstructive and restrictive lung diseases
- Obesity and pulmonary function
- Spirometry technique
- Spirometry values, patterns of abnormal results, and bronchodilator response
- Practice loops
- DLCO
- Case Studies
This course is approved for 5 AARC CEU's. You must complete all 5 modules to get your certificate. You can complete this course at your own pace but needs to be completed within 30 days of sign up. You will have a 20 question comprehensive post test at the end. You must acheive a passing score of 70%. You can retake the test as many time as you want. Remember, each course has a PDF download and questions are based on the the content in the PDF.
Title of Courses:
- An Overview of Exercise Stress Testing And It's Value In Patient Management (1 AARC CEU)
Albert Heuer PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT. FAARC
- Watch this video for course content https://youtu.be/_q30OTJI7s8 57 minutes
- Note: PDF of the topic will be available in the "Material" Section
- Understanding A Less Commonly Used, But Important, Pulmonary Function Test DLCO (1 AARC CEU)
Albert Heuer PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT. FAARC
- Watch this video for course content https://youtu.be/3pHJforWEFo 49 minutes
- Note: PDF of the topic will be available in the "Material" Section
- Heuer_Case Studies In Pulmonary Function Part 2 (0.5 AARC CEU)
Albert Heuer PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT. FAARC
- Watch this video for course content https://youtu.be/br8f8BGjGfY 23 minutes
- Note: PDF of the topic will be available in the "Material" Section
- Lung Function Assessment by Impulse Oscillometry In Adults (1 AARC CEU)
Terrence Shenfield MS, RRT-ACCS, RPFT, NPS, AE-C
- Watch this video for course content https://youtu.be/5TG8jiFioa8 55 minutes
- Note: PDF of the topic will be available in the "Material" Section
- Pulmonary Function Testing In Neuromuscular And Chest Wall Disorders (1 AARC CEU)
Terrence Shenfield MS, RRT-ACCS, RPFT, NPS, AE-C
- Watch this video for course content https://youtu.be/vYae-JhfSGk 55 minutes
- Note: PDF of the topic will be available in the "Material" Section
- Shenfield_Case Studies In Pulmonary Function Part 2 (0.5 AARC CEU)
Terrence Shenfield MS, RRT-ACCS, RPFT, NPS, AE-C
- Watch this video for course content https://youtu.be/nShNJ5fcBkk 19 minutes
- Note: PDF of the topic will be available in the "Material" Section
