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Managing occupational lung disease: early detection, management and support has been developed to assist all health professionals in detecting signs of occupational lung disease and to assist in early referral and diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>By completing this training health professionals will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify people at risk of OLDs through an understanding of common causes, utilising the appropriate screening questions to activate clinically appropriate diagnostic and referral pathways.<\/li>\n<li>Define occupational health monitoring and the role of the GP in assessing at-risk workers, as required by employers in at-risk industries under relevant regulations\/legislations.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the patient\u2019s right to make a workers compensation claim and the supports available to workers throughout the process, including referring patients to support services or seeking individualised care guidance from experts.<\/li>\n<li>Outline the role of the multidisciplinary team in the care of someone diagnosed with an OLD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/acrrm-cpd-accredited-activity-png-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"184\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ANPA-Endorsed-Logo-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"97\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LLH_Stamp_Icon-QA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"152\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RACGP-1-EA-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n","button_display_setting":false,"button":{"":null,"button_type":"Link Button","link":null,"email":"","file":false,"modal_trigger":"","button_text":""},"background_colour":"#f9f9f9","column_image":false,"youtube_video_url":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"form","heading":"Enrol Now: Managing occupational lung disease: early detection, management and support","text":"Complete this form to gain access to the free, self-paced eLearning module.","form":48},{"acf_fc_layout":"wysiwyg_content_area","heading":"Key organisations for health professionals","content":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoracic.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racgp.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racp.edu.au\/about\/college-structure\/australasian-faculty-of-occupational-and-environmental-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anzsom.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine Inc (ANZSOM)\u202f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aioh.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aihs.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","link":""}]},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86697"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94733,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86697\/revisions\/94733"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}