Continuing education opportunities

The Canadian Board for Respiratory Care CBRC Examination Development and Review Committee Recruiting Volunteers

The CBRC is recruiting volunteers to fill a current vacancy on the Examination Development and Review Committee.

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CBRC Examination Date Change

Due to room booking conflicts and invigilator availability, the date for the January 2012 CBRC examinations has been changed. Following consultation with the Security Representatives and Site Coordinators, the CBRC Board has changed the exam date to Wednesday January 4th, 2012.

Canadian Thoracic Society Publishes Guidelines on Home Mechanical Ventilation

The Canadian Thoracic Society Home Mechanical Ventilation (HMV) Clinical Assembly is proud to announce the release of the first Canadian guideline on HMV. The guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on the assessment and management of individuals requiring non-invasive or invasive HMV. It addresses general topics such as ethics, airway clearance, and transition to home, and provides specific recommendations regarding HMV.

Campus OPIQ

The Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT), is a privileged partner of the l'Ordre professionnel des inhalothérapeutes du Québec (OPIQ). We are proud to offer CSRT registered and associate members an exclusive access to the Campus OPIQ, a virtual platform that supports respiratory therapists in the maintenance of their skills in an ever-changing clinical environment.

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Annual Atlantic Respirology and Critical Care Conference

The 23rd Annual Atlantic Respirology and Critical Care Conference will take place on Friday, November 25th, and Saturday November 26th, 2011 at the Halifax Marriott Harbour Front.

Canadian Thoracic Society Releases New Sleep Apnea Guidelines

The Canadian Thoracic Society released new guidelines on sleep disordered breathing, which provide the latest recommendations for sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment. The guidelines are created for health-care professionals by physicians who are experts in sleep disordered breathing. They are designed to keep health-care professionals up to date on the most recent evidence about how to diagnose and manage sleep apnea.

Continuing Competency Program Launched for Respiratory Therapists

The NBART is proud to announce the release of the newly developed Continuing Competency Program for Respiratory Therapists. This document outlines the requirements a Respiratory Therapist must meet to continue to practice in New Brunswick. These requirements include proof of active practice hours, participation in activities promoting professionalism and mandatory completion of the continuing competency program. The program will ensure that the NBART is complying with the Respiratory Therapy Act by making sure all Respiratory Therapists have the capacity, competence, capability and character to safely and ethically practice. Effective April 1, 2011, all members of the NBART requiring a license to practice must begin to collect the minimum number of continuing education points outlined in the Continuing Competency Program for submission during the 2012-2013 renewal period and annually thereafter.

Registration for the 2011 CSRT Conference in Quebec City is now available!

Visit the CSRT website at http://www.csrt.com/en/events/index.asp to register online or to obtain a printable PDF registration form. The conference program is now also available online and features francophone sessions in addition to the five education streams: general therapeutics and diagnostics, neonatal pediatrics, critical care, homecare/community care and anesthesia assistants. Don't miss out on this excellent learning opportunity that will add to your professional development. Register prior to April 15th to have your name entered in a draw for a JVC Camcorder.

Roflumilast (Daxas^TM)

Roflumilast, a once daily oral tablet, is a novel treatment being developed specifically for treatment of COPD. If approved it will be a new approach to treat COPD and the underlying chronic inflammation with a fundamentally different mode of action. The safety and efficacy arestill under investigation and market authorization has not yet been obtained from Health Canada. Read more...

My Choices-My Health

In light of the growing awareness of challenges faced by people who develop a chronic disease and the burden of costs and services on the health care system, the Department of Health made a commitment to implement a chronic disease self-management initiative.This initiative is based on the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program developed by Stanford University, a world leader in understanding the importance of education and support in helping people cope with a chronic disease. Read more...