REF Classroom - A Unified Approach to ILDs

Bhavin Jankharia -

After the last post on A Unified Approach to ILDs, I realized that it was time for another REF Classroom on the subject.

Snippet 26: A Unified Approach to ILDs
A new unified flow-chart encompassing the new knowledge over the last few years.
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With that in mind, I redid the flow chart, adding entries I had missed in the earlier post, which I have also corrected in that post.

This is now the complete flow chart.

REF Classroom III

This is the 3rd classroom and will focus only on ILDs. The first one last year had included other diffuse lung diseases such as bronchiectasis, emphysema and cystic lung diseases. This classroom will be only on ILDs.

This YouTube video explains the flow of the classroom. There will be 13 lectures, one quiz and finally the quiz answer. The topics and dates are mentioned in the video. Please go through it.

If you regularly view the posts and videos, then most of these topics/issues have been covered in some post or the other over the last 4 years.

What the Classroom does is to bring everything together into one concentrated teaching session. If that works for you and you would like to register, then here is the link.

Pay for A Unified Approach to ILDs by Radiology Education Foundation
REF Classroom - . A Unified Approach to Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs) - Basic to Advanced. . Building an understanding of interstitial lung diseases, basic to advanced, one step at a time. . Dates: 17 Aug to 23 Nov - 15 weeks. . Registration . The price is Rs. 9999.. Paid or comped members of www.ctchestreview.com will get a 20% discount.. Residents in training (pre-MD, pre-DNB, pre-Diploma) will get 20% discount after proof of residency.. The two discounts cannot be clubbed.. Please fill up the registration form here. Your email ID is your main identifier.. After your subscription has been received, your email ID will be added to the participant list in Google Classroom, following which you will receive notifications each time a new assignment is put up…

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If you are not a paid member, you could become a paid member and then avail of the discount, if that works for you.

Here is the link for the lifetime subscription

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Curriculum

Week 1 - 17 Aug - Interstitial lesions (fibrosing and non-fibrosing) - definitions and terminologies
Week 2 - 24 Aug - Mimics/poor scans - good scan
Week 3 - 31 Aug - Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs)
Week 4 - 07 Sep - Non-fibrotic ILDs - different patterns - ground glass, ground glass plus, consolidation, septal thickening
Week 5 - 14 Sep - Non-fibrotic ILDs - different patterns - ill-defined nodules, discrete nodules
Week 6 - 21 Sep - Fibrotic ILDs - UIP, IPF, DPO and secondary causes
Week 7 - 28 Sept - Fibrotic ILDs - Non-UIP including PPFE
Week 8 - 05 Oct - Variant fibrosis, NSIP and connective tissue diseases
Week 9 - 12 Oct - Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and sarcoidosis
Week 10 - 19 Oct - Smoking related lung diseases and CPFE
Week 11 - 26 Oct - Vasculitis
Week 12 - 02 Nov - Lung injury - medication induced, radiation induced
Week 13 - 09 Nov - Progressive pulmonary fibrosis and complications in ILDs
Week 14 - 16 Nov - Quiz
Week 15 - 23 Nov - Quiz answer

Course Instructions

  1. This curriculum will be taught using Google Classroom. The Introductory Video (link) has an overview of the curriculum. It is meant for all radiologists and physicians interested in diagnosing interstitial lung diseases.
  2. This is an asynchronous, online course, in which each Sunday, a new YouTube video in 4K on that week’s topic will be uploaded along with classwork comprising of 2-4 questions/quizzes. There is NO live class, so you can view the lecture video at your time and convenience.
  3. Each participant will have 2 weeks in which to view the video and complete the classwork, except for the assignments of weeks 1-3, which can be answered till the midnight of 20th Sep, 2025, and the assignments of week 13, which must be answered by 15 Nov 2025 midnight. The classwork will not be graded but each participant must complete the assignments.
  4. Any questions posed by participants will be answered asynchronously within 2-3 days. However, please do not upload images or videos for interpretation - they will NOT be answered.
  5. The last quiz on Week 14 must be answered fully over 1 week and the participant must get 33% correct.
  6. A certificate of completion will be issued only to those who complete 80% of the assignments and get more than 33% in the final assessment.
  7. The videos will be available for viewing throughout the duration of the course and for 2 months after, i.e till 31 Jan 2026.

Other Instructions

  1. After your subscription has been received, your email ID will be added to the participant list in Google Classroom, following which you will receive notifications each time a new assignment is up.
  2. Please fill up the form after you have subscribed with your email ID. Your email ID is your main identifier.