193007 - Spirometry

To improve GPs and nurses skills to perform ‘best practice’ spirometry in the work-place,

General Practice plays a key role in optimising the diagnosis and management of asthma in Australia and can assist in reducing hospitalisation rates by pursuing recommended patient monitoring and follow up plans that recognise the importance of regular lung function monitoring via spirometry (National Asthma Council 2018), (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2019)).

D1. Communication skills and the patient-doctor relationship

D2. Applied professional knowledge and skills

D3. Population health and the context of general practice

D4. Professional and ethical role

D5. Organisational and legal dimensions

• Adult health
• Children and young people health
• General practice teaching