Spirometry Training at the PCTC22 Jan 2008

Now ARTP approved

The Primary Care Training Centre is delighted to announce that we are now an approved Spirometry Training Centre. This recognition has been granted by the Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP).

Spirometry is only useful as a screening technique where uniformity and quality of practice exist. Without a thorough understanding of the principles involved, the methodology, the effects of the disease on lung function and the interpretation of results, it is difficult for practitioners to be confident and competent in practice. Our course will give you this understanding.

After completing our two day foundation course people may, if they wish, register for the National Certificate of Competence in Spirometry, by which all practitioners of spirometry are assessed for competence, in the Primary and Secondary Care arenas.

The Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology is the sole professional organisation in the UK for practitioners working in clinical respiratory physiology and technology.

The ARTP, through standards of training and quality assurance, are the professional guardians of physiological measurement issues in respiratory medicine in the UK. With over 30 years of experience in the design and delivery of lung function services, ARTP provides the only national, professionally recognised, qualifications in Respiratory Function Testing and Spirometry in the UK.

For more details, please visit the ARTP website www.artp.org.uk.

Our next Foundation in Spirometry two day course runs on 30 April / 1 May. You can book through our website here or call us on 01274 617617.