Continuing Education
Join the RESPTREC® family for lifelong learning opportunities and mentorship.
Professional Education Portal
Lung Sask in collaboration with RESPTREC® offers the Professional Education Portal as a method for respiratory educators and health care providers to enhance their professional learning with continuing education opportunities.
Read articles and watch video presentations on the most recent research, position papers and guidelines. Track your CE hours with the provided logbook.
RESPTREC® resources
Download or order branded resources for your workplace:
- Asthma Medications Brochure
- COPD Medications Brochure
- Delivery Device Instructions
- Delivery Device Mastery Sheets
- Inhaler Device Demonstration Videos
Recent News & Articles
For your convenience the Professional Education Portal & RESPTREC® provide links to research articles, announcements, studies and other news updates which are posted daily onto the website.
Reading these articles can be used towards recertification and continuing education.
Evaluation of the Global Lung Function Initiative 2012 reference values for spirometry in China
Dec 02, 2022
GLI South East Asian equations fit well across a contemporary North and South Chinese population. This study suggests a single reference equation for spirometry can be applied to the Chinese population.
Airway autoantibodies are determinants of asthma severity
Dec 02, 2022
Moderate–severe asthmatics have autoreactivities to eosinophil granule proteins, macrophage scavenger receptors and nuclear antigens. These patients have airway eosinophilia, peripheral lymphopenia, increased sputum lymphocytes and recurrent infections
Uncovering undernutrition in COPD: Beyond body mass index
Dec 02, 2022
A malnutrition screening tool identified more undernourished patients than fat-free mass index or BMI. It also correlated with disease severity and broader symptom burden.
Over 5000+ more articles available in the Professional Education Portal. Track your CE time with the provided logbook.
