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Updated Sept 07
In recent years the number of health care professionals, other than laboratory based lung function technicians, performing relatively simply lung function measurements has gradually increased. Although nationally agreed standards have been published for the performance of lung function tests, spirometric measurements made in a variety of primary and secondary health care settings by staff, other than those formally trained and in lung function laboratories, often falls way below the acceptable standard. With the recent publication of guidelines for the care of patients with COPD, in addition to those already published for Asthma, a greater emphasis is placed on basic lung function measurements at all levels of health care provision.
To ensure that patients are appropriately investigated and monitored the Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) in conjunction with the British Thoracic Society (BTS) through the BTS/ARTP Liaison Committee have established a qualification to assess the competence of practitioners to perform such measurements.
The ARTP/BTS Certificate in Spirometry has been introduced to give a recognised national qualification for those practitioners who complete the Spirometry assessment.
Click this link to view Spirometry Assessment Information & Registration Form as a PDF document.
To register for the ARTP/BTS Spirometry Certificate assessment complete the
Registration Form
and send it together with the fee of
£130
(registration fee + course book) OR
£100 (registration fee only)
to the ARTP Administrator.