Occupational Medicine Mini-Workshop

I gave introductory lecture and practice on ILO international classification of pneumoconioses to occupational physicians today. Thirty-three physicians attended the two hour practical mini-workshop and reviewed the scope of the ILO classification using actural chest radiographs. It seemed such kind of lecture was new to the physicians in Kochi, and they seemed to have enjoyed it. Twelve radiographs were given as pre- and post-test to evaluate the positive effect of the participatory lecture. The prototype of the lecture is the ACR seminar for Pneumoconiosis, which was first given by Dr. Benjamin Felson.