The Lung Learning Hub is one of Australia’s most trusted sources of respiratory health training and education for health professionals. By completing a self-appraisal against our competency-based framework, primary healthcare providers can discover and complete a tailored suite of the most up to date training opportunities to improve their patient’s care.
The Lung Learning Framework is Australia’s best-practice education and training competency-based framework for primary healthcare professionals to diagnose and support patients with lung conditions. The Framework was co-designed by a national consortium led by Lung Foundation Australia, The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and Asthma Australia.
Download a copy of the Lung Learning Framework below.
Lung Foundation Australia
More than half a million Australians are exposed to silica dust in their workplace. Do you now which workers are at risk and how, when and why to monitor their lung health? Hear from our panel of clinical experts on the most up-to-date evidence and the future of assessing, diagnosing and monitoring workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.
The Limbic
Beginning with an evidence-based overview of CVD in COPD, the activity will use case studies to explore the challenges of CVD assessment in different COPD presentations and offer practical solutions for the GP towards improved detection and management, and improved models of care with specialists in different primary care settings.
Lung Foundation Australia
Lung Foundation Australia's Digital Inhaler Device Technique Training is now accepting enrolments. Led by two Respiratory Nurse Instructors, these interactive 90-minute virtual workshops are limited to 10 participants per session. Updated for 2023 with the latest in evidence-based best practice, internationally recognised models of care, and now optimised for virtual delivery, you can complete the training from the comfort of work or home.
Spirometry Learning
A comprehensive educational and training resource, this course provides health professionals with the expertise, practical skills and confidence necessary to recognise the essential requirements for quality-assured spirometry measurements, reliably evaluate and interpret test results and achieve competency in spirometry testing.
Lung Foundation Australia
Breathlessness is the cardinal symptom of many chronic respiratory and cardiac conditions, and a key indicator for poorly controlled chronic airways disease. In consultation with national key opinion leaders in breathlessness, Lung Foundation Australia has developed an education package focused on identifying, assessing and diagnosing breathlessness.
