Spirometry in primary care in a region of Northern Norway - before and after a brief training course.
A short, decentralised 13-hour training course on COPD and spirometry was delivered to primary care doctors and their assistants. The percentage of general practitioner (GP) referral letters - on patients with suspected peripheral airways disease - which contained information about FVC and FEV1 increased from 9% before, to 56% after, the training course.
Johansen
Stein
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Department of Internal Medicine, Hålogalandssykehuset, Narvik, Norway. stein.johansen@hhf.no
D004493:Education; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D011320:Primary Health Care; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013147:Spirometry