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History

Promoting education and quality assured respiratory physiology has always been at the forefront of ARTP objectives.

ARTP is a registered charity originally founded as a single national committee with 32 members in 1976.

 

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  • 1976
    1976

    ARTP is a registered charity originally founded as a single national committee with 32 members in 1976.

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  • 1986

     The first National Assessment Part I Exam was set up in 1986 

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  • 1992

    Through links with BTS a joint examination board (ARTP/BTS) was approved in 1992

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  • 2004

    The first Part II Practical Examinations was completed in 2004.

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  • 2008

    In June 2008 ARTP convened the ARTP Sleep Apnoea Consortium to raise the profile of sleep apnoea through training, standards of care, and qualifications and as a means of sharing knowledge, expertise and information.

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  • 2013

    “A Guide to Performing Quality Assured Diagnostic Spirometry” was published in 2013 in collaboration with British Lung Foundation, Education for Health, Asthma UK, NHS, British Thoracic Society, Primary Care Respiratory Society and Primary Care Commissioning. 

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  • 2018

    A national spirometry register led to an online Spirometry certification course being launched in 2018 to allow any healthcare professional performing spirometry to demonstrate their competency.

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ARTP aims to continue to work with national and international bodies to ensure continuous development and promotion of the respiratory physiology field.