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Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science

Spirometry has been established as an essential test for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory disease, particularly asthma and COPD, as well as in occupational health surveillance. In Australia and New Zealand, there is currently no pathway for spirometry operators in community‐based healthcare set...

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Autores principales: Schneider, Irene, Rodwell, Leanne, Baum, Sarah, Borg, Brigitte M., Del Colle, Eleonora A., Ingram, Emily R., Swanney, Maureen, Taylor, Deborah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7898916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33319478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/resp.13987
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author Schneider, Irene
Rodwell, Leanne
Baum, Sarah
Borg, Brigitte M.
Del Colle, Eleonora A.
Ingram, Emily R.
Swanney, Maureen
Taylor, Deborah
author_facet Schneider, Irene
Rodwell, Leanne
Baum, Sarah
Borg, Brigitte M.
Del Colle, Eleonora A.
Ingram, Emily R.
Swanney, Maureen
Taylor, Deborah
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description Spirometry has been established as an essential test for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory disease, particularly asthma and COPD, as well as in occupational health surveillance. In Australia and New Zealand, there is currently no pathway for spirometry operators in community‐based healthcare settings to demonstrate spirometry competence. The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science (ANZSRS) has identified a need for developing a pathway for operators working in community‐based practices in Australia and New Zealand to demonstrate spirometry competence and certification. Spirometry certification provides evidence to patients, clients, employers and organizations that an individual has participated in an assessment process that qualifies them to perform spirometry to current international spirometry standards set out by the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS). This document describes a competence assessment pathway that incorporates a portfolio and practical assessment. The completion of this pathway and the award of certification confer an individual is competent to perform spirometry for 3 years, after which re‐certification is required. The adoption of this competency assessment and certification process by specialist organizations, and the commitment of operators performing spirometry to undergo this process, will enhance spirometry quality and practice in community‐based healthcare settings.
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spelling pubmed-78989162021-03-03 Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science Schneider, Irene Rodwell, Leanne Baum, Sarah Borg, Brigitte M. Del Colle, Eleonora A. Ingram, Emily R. Swanney, Maureen Taylor, Deborah Respirology Position Statement Spirometry has been established as an essential test for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory disease, particularly asthma and COPD, as well as in occupational health surveillance. In Australia and New Zealand, there is currently no pathway for spirometry operators in community‐based healthcare settings to demonstrate spirometry competence. The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science (ANZSRS) has identified a need for developing a pathway for operators working in community‐based practices in Australia and New Zealand to demonstrate spirometry competence and certification. Spirometry certification provides evidence to patients, clients, employers and organizations that an individual has participated in an assessment process that qualifies them to perform spirometry to current international spirometry standards set out by the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS). This document describes a competence assessment pathway that incorporates a portfolio and practical assessment. The completion of this pathway and the award of certification confer an individual is competent to perform spirometry for 3 years, after which re‐certification is required. The adoption of this competency assessment and certification process by specialist organizations, and the commitment of operators performing spirometry to undergo this process, will enhance spirometry quality and practice in community‐based healthcare settings. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2020-12-14 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7898916/ /pubmed/33319478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/resp.13987 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Respirology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Schneider, Irene
Rodwell, Leanne
Baum, Sarah
Borg, Brigitte M.
Del Colle, Eleonora A.
Ingram, Emily R.
Swanney, Maureen
Taylor, Deborah
Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
title Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
title_full Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
title_fullStr Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
title_full_unstemmed Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
title_short Assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in Australia and New Zealand: A position paper of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
title_sort assessing spirometry competence through certification in community‐based healthcare settings in australia and new zealand: a position paper of the australian and new zealand society of respiratory science
topic Position Statement
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7898916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33319478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/resp.13987
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