• The morning session is designed for health professionals who have the responsibility to administer and implement the spirometry test.
• The afternoon session is designed for primary care providers who will be interpreting the results to assist with diagnosis and disease management.

Morning session:
8:00-8:30 am Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 am-12:00 pm Implementation of Spirometry
Target audience: Health care professionals who have the responsibility to administer and implement the spirometry test.
Objectives:

• Review spirometry and its role in the diagnosis and management of lung disease.
• Discuss American Thoracic Society guidelines for acceptable spirometry tests
• Teach proper spirometry technique
• Discuss how to coach for the best results (for both pediatric patients and adults).
• Learn how to check for reproducibility.
• Review how to recognize maneuver problems (such as submaximal effort, early termination, coughing, etc.).
• Review health history/prescreening questions that may impact the spirometry results
• Describe the need for both pre and post bronchodilator tests.

Afternoon session:
12:00-12:30 pm Registration and lunch
12:30-4:00 pm Interpretation of Spirometry
Target audience: Primary care providers who will be interpreting the results to assist with diagnosis and disease management.
Objectives:

• Discuss how to integrate spirometry into an already busy practice, including finding dedicated staff who have an interest and skills in spirometry.
• Basic bronchial anatomy and physiology as it pertains to spirometry values.
• Pathophysiology of an asthmatic airway and how it relates to changes in spirometric values.
• Identify who should have a spirometry test and how often.
• Describe measures within a spirometry test.
• Discuss predicted values, actual values, and personal best.
• Discuss spirometry findings as they relate to guidelines.
• Teach interpretation of spirometry findings as they relate to obstructive and restrictive pathophysiology.