Early courses were very long - courses 3 months long were held in Wellington on Intensive Respiratory Care in November 1968 and November 1969.
Early courses were very long - courses 3 months long were held in Wellington on Intensive Respiratory Care in November 1968 and November 1969.
A number of Respiratory Courses were run in the late 1970’s until 1982. A three week course in 1979 on ITU at Waikato cost $30 -$40.
The Canterbury Hospital Board ran a three month Advanced Diploma in Cardiothoracic Physiotherapy in 1983 for $200.
| Date | Course |
| 1990 | post conference course by Dr. W. Kolaczkowski of Canada, |
| 1990 | one day seminar in Auckland by Jocelyn Ross (Canada) |
| 1992 | a two-day respiratory care workshop by Dr. Lind Holland (Canada) |
| 1993 | Christchurch pulmonary rehabilitation course |
| 1994 | group Conference, speakers Australians Dr.Sue Jenkins and Dr.Elizabeth Ellis |
| 1994 | two day hyperventilation workshop |
| 1996 | workshops in Auckland and Christchurch run by Dr. Elizabeth Dean (Canada), ‘Evidence Based Cardiothoracic Physical Therapy Practice: Preparing for the next Millennium’. |
| 1998 | a half day course led by Julia Bott (United Kingdom) on ‘The Ventilatory Pump and Clinical Applications, Exercise Concepts and Non-invasive Ventilation’, |
| 1998 | a two day course in October led by Doa El-Ansary from Canberra - ‘The Application of Thoracic Cage Mobility Issues to the Medical and Surgical Respiratory Patient’. |
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