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
Introduction video and overview – 13 Jul 2025

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

This curriculum will be taught using Google Classroom. The Introductory Video (click here) has an overview of the curriculum. It is meant for all radiologists and physicians interested in diagnosing interstitial lung diseases.
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.
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.
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.
The last quiz on Week 14 must be answered fully over 1 week and the participant must get 33% correct.
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.
The videos will be available for viewing throughout the duration of the course and for 2 months after, i.e till 31 Jan 2026.

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.
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.
Please fill up the form after you have subscribed with your email ID. Your email ID is your main identifier.