Date last updated 16th Feb 2021

Education and training

Free Resources

Asthma

· National Asthma Council: webinar: thunderstorm asthma - how to identify & manage at-risk patients

· Osmosis: asthma (video, free, login required)

· Asthma Australia: thunderstorm asthma (free, login required)

COPD

· Lung Foundation with the Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine and the Murray Primary Health Network: Who really has COPD? webinar training

· Osmosis: emphysema (video, free, login required)

Cystic fibrosis

· Osmosis: cystic fibrosis (video, free, login required)

· CF Physio: cystic fibrosis an introduction (free, login required)

· CF Physio: airway clearance techniques (free, login required)

· CF Physio: inhalation therapy (free, login required)

· CF Physio: complications in cystic fibrosis (free, login required)

· CF Physio: adherence to physiotherapy (free, login required)

· CF Physio: infection control (free, login required)

· CF Physio: musculoskeletal considerations (free, login required)

Interstitial lung disease

· Osmosis: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: foundations (video, free, login required)

Lung cancer

· The American College of Radiology: lung cancer screening education (updated 2018)

· NSW Health course: Oncology basics

· NSW Health course: Introduction to haematology and blood and marrow transplantation

· NSW Health course: Malnutrition in cancer

· NSW Health course: Effective cultural communication in oncology

· NSW Health course: Radiation oncology

· NSW Health course: Advanced radiation oncology

· NSW Health course: Paediatric nausea and vomiting

· NSW Health course: Primary brain tumour overview

Pneumonia

· Osmosis: pneumonia (video, free, login required)

Pulmonary function testing

· National Asthma Council: spirometry training

Paid or login/ registration required

Databases (respiratory)

· Australian Therapeutic Guidelines: Respiratory (2021)

Asthma

· Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association: asthma fundamentals for primary health care nurses (free for APNA members)

· Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association: what's new in asthma management (free for APNA members)

· ASCIA allergy and anaphylaxis e-training for health professionals

· Asthma Australia: training courses (2021)

Bronchiectasis

· UpToDate: Bronchiectasis in adults: Treatment of acute exacerbations and advanced disease (2020)

· The Pharmaceutical Journal: Bronchiectasis: diagnosis, treatment and management (2017)

· Lung Foundation: bronchiectasis online training

· Osmosis: bronchiectasis: foundations (video)

COPD

· Lung Foundation: about COPD online training

· Lung Foundation: COPD keeping patients out of hospital webinar training

· Lung Foundation: COPD pharmacy online training

· Lung Foundation: COPD pharmacy short course online training

· Lung Foundation: COPD nurse online training

· Lung Foundation: COPD medicines online training

· Lung Foundation: diagnosis of COPD online training

· Lung Foundation: manage exacerbations of COPD online training

· Lung Foundation: prevent deterioration of COPD online training

· Lung Foundation: the respiratory system and COPD online training

Hypoventilation

· UpToDate: Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome and other causes of sleep-related hypoventilation in children (2020)

Interstitial lung disease

· UpToDate: Approach to the adult with interstitial lung disease: clinical evaluation (2019)

Inhaler technique 

· Lung Foundation: inhaler device technique online training

Lung cancer & oncologic disorders

· NSW Health course: Best practice management of lung cancer (login required)

· SITC on demand webinar – guideline immunotherapy for the treatment of lymphoma (login required, 2021)

· SITC on demand webinar: guideline immunotherapy for the treatment of acute leukemia (login required, 2021)

· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy multiple myeloma (login required, 2020)

· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy renal cell carcinoma (login required, 2020)

· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (login required, 2020)

· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy non-small cell lung (NSCLC) cancer (login required, 2018)

· SITC on demand webinar: guideline cancer immunotherapy cutaneous melanoma (login required, 2018)

Non-invasive ventilation 

· UpToDate: Non-invasive ventilation in adults with acute respiratory failure: benefits and contraindications (2020)

Oxygen therapy

· UpToDate: Long-term supplemental oxygen therapy (2019)

· TSANZ: Acute oxygen online training module (TSANZ members only)

· Osmosis: Respiratory: oxygen therapy (video)

Pleural effusion

· Osmosis: Clinical reasoning: pleural effusion (video)

Pneumothorax

· UpToDate: Treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in adults (2020)

Pulmonary function testing

· UpToDate: Overview of pulmonary function testing in adults (2020)

· American Association for Respiratory Care: pulmonary function testing

· Asthma Australia: fundamentals in spirometry

Pulmonary hypertension 

· UpToDate: Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (group 1) in adults: Pulmonary hypertension-specific therapy (2020)

Pulmonary rehabilitation

· Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation online training

· Lung Foundation: Pulmonary rehabilitation and physical activity online training

· UpToDate: Pulmonary rehabilitation (2020)

Respiratory failure

· UpToDate: The evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the adult patient with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure(updated 2020)

· Education for Health: online respiratory failure toolkit

Sleep apnoeas

· Osmosis: clinical reasoning: sleep disorders (video)

· UpToDate: Central sleep apnea: treatment (2020)