Description

To provide an opportunity for pulmonary / sleep technologists to increase their knowledge and expertise in pulmonary function testing and polysomnography

Expected Duration

• Practising respiratory / sleep Technologist with at least 1 year working experience
• Vaccinated against Hepatitis B and Chicken Pox

• To understand the range of respiratory services offered in KK Women’s And Children’s Hospital
• Observe and obtain hands-on experience on the various pulmonary function tests and sleep studies, so as to gain knowledge of the skills required in the profession
• To learn how to identify and troubleshoot any performance errors

Teaching Programme

Week 1             Pulmonary Function Tests

• Overview of Allergy & Respiratory Laboratory
• Introduction to Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs)
• Observation of respiratory technologist performing :Spirometry

• Plethysmography / Lung Volume
• Diffusion Capacity (Single-breath)
• Exercise Challenge
• Skin Prick (Food / Environmental Factors)
• Maximum Voluntary Ventilation (MVV)
• Maximal Respiratory Pressure (MIPs & MEPs)
  • Hands-on-training on pulmonary function technique
  • Infection control & quality control measures
  • Attachment to National Asthma Shared Care (NASC) clinic

• Overview of Sleep Laboratory
• Observation of sleep technologist performing in:

  • Patient set-up
  • Recording & troubleshooting
  • Calibration (patient vs. sleep monitoring device)
  • Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
  • Oxygen and PAP titration
    • Hands-on-training on patient “set-up”
    • Scoring of raw data
    • Attachment to Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Education Centre

Teaching Faculty

Ms TAN Choy Hoon (RPSGT)
Accredited sleep / allergy and pulmonary laboratory technologists
Physicians Respiratory Medicine Service, KKH 

Class Size

Minimum 1 / Maximum 2

Fees

S$400 per week

Application