Programme
Sleep Study/Pulmonary Function Testing
Description
To provide an opportunity for pulmonary/sleep technologists to increase their knowledge and expertise in pulmonary function testing and polysomnography
Expected Duration
Duration
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Description
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Fee
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From two to four weeks, depending on background knowledge and learning needs.
| Full day
| $400 per week
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Entry Criteria
- Practising respiratory/sleep Technologist with at least 1 year working experience
- Vaccinated against Hepatitis B and Chicken Pox
Expected learning/learning objectives
On completion, the trainee will:
- 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
Week one - 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
Week two - Polysomnography
- 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 one/Maximum
Fees
SGD$400 per week
