Master the full breadth of pulmonary medicine
A rigorous, case-driven clinical school built for the healthcare professionals who manage lung disease every day — covering everything from PFT interpretation and HRCT pattern recognition to ventilator liberation, ILD staging, pulmonary hypertension hemodynamics, and procedural decision-making.
I built this school around one standard: would I trust a clinician who completed it to reason through a complex pulmonary case with confidence? The answer has to be yes.— Dr. J Raymond ABK
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Accurately interpret pulmonary function tests (spirometry, DLCO, lung volumes) and classify obstructive, restrictive, and mixed patterns
- Develop a systematic approach to reading chest imaging — X-rays and CT patterns — and correlate findings with differential diagnoses
- Manage mechanical ventilation strategies for ARDS, COPD exacerbation, and asthma, including lung-protective protocols and weaning criteria
- Diagnose and stage interstitial lung diseases (IPF, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis) using current multidisciplinary guidelines
- Evaluate and work up pulmonary hypertension, interpret right heart catheterization data, and understand treatment tiers
- Apply evidence-based protocols for bronchoscopy indications, pleural effusion evaluation, and procedural decision-making at the bedside
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
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A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 30 lessons
Pulmonary Function Testing — From Numbers to Diagnosis
Master the interpretation of spirometry, lung volumes, and DLCO to classify and clinically apply obstructive, restrictive, and mixed ventilatory patterns.
- 1.1Spirometry Fundamentals and Quality CriteriaIncluded
- 1.2Obstructive, Restrictive, and Mixed PatternsIncluded
- 1.3Lung Volumes: Plethysmography and Gas DilutionIncluded
- 1.4DLCO: Measurement, Pitfalls, and Clinical MeaningIncluded
- 1.5Integrating PFTs into a Clinical DifferentialIncluded
Chest Imaging — X-Ray and CT Pattern Recognition
Build a systematic framework for reading chest X-rays and CT scans and confidently correlate imaging patterns with clinical differentials.
- 2.1Chest X-Ray: A Systematic Reading FrameworkIncluded
- 2.2Common X-Ray Patterns and Their DifferentialsIncluded
- 2.3HRCT Fundamentals: Windows, Anatomy, and TechniqueIncluded
- 2.4Key CT Patterns: GGO, Reticulation, Nodules, and HoneycombingIncluded
- 2.5Imaging-Clinical Correlation: Case-Based SynthesisIncluded
Mechanical Ventilation — Strategy, Protection, and Weaning
Apply evidence-based ventilator management for ARDS, COPD, and asthma, including lung-protective protocols, troubleshooting, and liberation criteria.
- 3.1Ventilator Modes and Core PhysiologyIncluded
- 3.2Lung-Protective Ventilation in ARDSIncluded
- 3.3Ventilating COPD and Asthma ExacerbationsIncluded
- 3.4Interpreting Ventilator Waveforms and TroubleshootingIncluded
- 3.5Weaning Criteria and Ventilator Liberation ProtocolsIncluded
Interstitial Lung Disease — Diagnosis, Staging, and Management
Diagnose, classify, and stage the major ILDs — including IPF, sarcoidosis, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis — using multidisciplinary diagnostic guidelines.
- 4.1ILD Classification and the MDD FrameworkIncluded
- 4.2IPF: Diagnostic Criteria, UIP Pattern, and Antifibrotic TherapyIncluded
- 4.3Sarcoidosis: Staging, Systemic Involvement, and Treatment ApproachIncluded
- 4.4Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Exposure History, Patterns, and ManagementIncluded
- 4.5ILD Monitoring: PFT Trends, 6MWT, and Disease ProgressionIncluded
Pulmonary Hypertension — Evaluation, Hemodynamics, and Treatment
Systematically evaluate, classify, and manage pulmonary hypertension using right heart catheterization data and current guideline-directed therapy tiers.
- 5.1PH Classification: WHO Groups and Clinical CluesIncluded
- 5.2Non-Invasive Workup: Echo, PFTs, V/Q Scan, and LabsIncluded
- 5.3Right Heart Catheterization: Interpretation and Hemodynamic ProfilesIncluded
- 5.4PAH Treatment Tiers: Pathway-Based PharmacotherapyIncluded
- 5.5Managing Group 2 and Group 3 PH in Clinical PracticeIncluded
Procedural Pulmonology — Bronchoscopy, Pleural Disease, and Bedside Decisions
Apply evidence-based indications and decision frameworks for bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, and pleural effusion evaluation at the bedside.
- 6.1Bronchoscopy Indications, Contraindications, and YieldIncluded
- 6.2BAL and Endobronchial Biopsy: What the Results MeanIncluded
- 6.3Pleural Effusion: Light's Criteria and the Diagnostic AlgorithmIncluded
- 6.4Thoracentesis and Pleural Procedures: Safety and Decision-MakingIncluded
- 6.5Bedside Ultrasound for the Pulmonary ClinicianIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Pulmonology Fellows
Building the systematic framework — PFTs, HRCT patterns, RHC hemodynamics — to move from supervised trainee to independent consultant.
Respiratory Therapists
Deepening the clinical reasoning behind ventilator management decisions, weaning protocols, and the lung physiology that drives bedside judgment.
Hospitalists
Gaining the confidence to evaluate ILD referrals, interpret PFTs, and know exactly when — and why — to call pulmonology.
ICU Nurses
Understanding the 'why' behind lung-protective ventilation, waveform changes, and weaning criteria to be a sharper partner in critical care decisions.
Advanced Practice Providers
Developing expert-level pulmonary interpretation skills — from chest imaging to pleural effusion workup — to practice with greater clinical autonomy.
General Internists
Mastering the evidence-based approach to pulmonary hypertension workup, ILD staging, and bronchoscopy decision-making that complex outpatients demand.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Dr. J Raymond ABK
If you're reading this, you already care about getting pulmonary medicine right. You've had the experience of looking at a PFT report and feeling less certain than you'd like. You've stood at a CT lightbox with a radiologist who speaks in patterns you're still learning to see. You've been the person in the room when a ventilated patient was deteriorating and the waveforms weren't making sense. That gap between what you know and what you need to know — that's exactly what this school is built to close.
I designed Pulmonary Mastery because the clinicians who take care of patients with lung disease deserve a resource that respects their intelligence and their time. Not a review course that skims guidelines, and not a textbook that buries the clinical pearls under six pages of physiology. A rigorous, organized, case-informed curriculum that teaches you to think like a pulmonologist — even if you aren't one, even if you're early in your training, even if pulmonary is one domain among many you're responsible for.
The school covers six domains that I've found, again and again, to be where clinical confidence is either built or lost: pulmonary function testing, chest imaging, mechanical ventilation, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and procedural decision-making. These aren't arbitrary — they map directly to the real questions that come up on rounds, in the ICU, in clinic, and at the bedside. Each unit goes deep enough to actually change how you practice.
I want to be direct about what this school is and isn't. It is not a shortcut to board certification or a substitute for supervised clinical experience. What it is: the clearest, most evidence-grounded explanation of pulmonary medicine that I can offer — the kind of teaching I'd want a fellow I care about to receive. If you bring intellectual curiosity and a genuine desire to serve your patients better, this school will meet you there.
Come in, work through it seriously, ask hard questions in the community, and push back when something doesn't make sense to you. That's how good clinicians are made. I'm glad you're here.
— Dr. J Raymond ABK
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