NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Course
Date: April 25-26, 2025
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, 1603 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612
Course Cost: $700 (Early Bird: $650 before March 25)
Register Here: www.appserv7.admin.uillinois.edu/FormBuilderSurvey/Survey/uic_school_of_public_health/glcohs/sea1000
OSHA regulations require individuals who administer spirometry tests as part of mandated health surveillance for employees exposed to cotton dust and respirable crystalline silica to complete NIOSH-approved spirometry training courses. MSHA regulations also require this training for those administering spirometry tests to coal miners as part of their mandated health surveillance. NIOSH-approved spirometry trainings have also been widely accepted for training healthcare professionals in other occupational settings.
The purpose of this course is for participants to gain the knowledge and practical skills to collect accurate and valid spirometry results. The initial training requires a minimum of 16 hours instruction.
No prior training in pulmonary function testing is required. Our practicum instructors have extensive practical experience in spirometry testing to help participants learn proper testing procedures.
Please bring a calculator to class. If possible, please bring a print-out or tracing from your spirometer to use as a comparison during this course.
Who Should Attend?
For primary care practitioners, internists, allergists, pulmonologists, occupational medicine physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and their office technical staff who are, or may be, conducting spirometry.
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- A basic understanding of pulmonary anatomy and physiology
- Understand the role and origin of predicted values for FVC, FEV1 and FEV1/FVC
- Know the basic patterns of impairment (obstruction and restriction)
- Understand how a spirometer works
- Understand and demonstrate calibration and calibration verification of a spirometer
- Know the relative contraindications for spirometry
- Perform valid spirometry
- Know the most common error in spirometry and how to coach patients to correct them
- Understand the role of quality assurance in spirometry
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Dr. William Clapp
Medical Director of Pulmonary Physiology Laboratories
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Cook County Heath and Hospital System
Chicago, Illinois 60612