This module will give an overview on dealing with occupational lung disease in primary care, including issues such as:
• Identifying patients at risk of occupational lung disease
• Asking patients specific questions to confirm or exclude occupational asthma
• Carrying out investigations in primary care before referral
• Referring patients with suspected occupational lung disease and advising patients about industrial injuries compensation and common law claims
• Diagnosing berylliosis and pulmonary sarcoidosis
Professor Sherwood Burge is director of the occupational lung disease unit at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Dr Pam Brown is a GP in Swansea