CSRT Networks
The CSRT has established the following networks to provide its members with communities of learning and advancement focusing on important areas of respiratory therapy practice. Membership in CSRT networks is an exclusive FREE benefit for CSRT members.
CSRT Clinical Simulation Network: This network was established to foster and influence evidence informed clinical simulation across the continuum of practice. Areas of focus include:
The process and application of simulation for formative assessment as/for learning
The process and application of simulation for summative assessment of learning
Supporting the establishment of validity evidence for scenarios and assessment tools
Exploring the application of innovative techniques and technologies for simulation based learning and assessment
Network Chair: David Wall, RRT CCAA
Network Chair: David Wall, RRT CCAA
CSRT Home Ventilation Network: This network was established to provide a forum for respiratory therapists to share their knowledge and promote best practice in home mechanical ventilation. Areas of focus include:
Airway management,
Home mechanical ventilation,
Advocating for the participation of respiratory therapists as primary care providers in home mechanical ventilation
Chronic disease diagnosis and self-management,
Research, quality improvement and program evaluation, and
Education and translation of best practices and evidence-based care
Network Chair: Véronique Adam, RRT, inh.
Network Chair: Véronique Adam, RRT, inh.
CSRT Primary Care Network: This network was established to provide a forum for respiratory therapists to share their knowledge and promote best practice in primary care. Areas of focus include:
advocating for the full participation of respiratory therapists to full scope of practice as primary care providers,
health promotion and disease prevention,
chronic disease diagnosis and self-management,
community-based rehabilitation programs,
research, quality improvement, and program evaluation, and
education and the translation of best practices and evidence-based care.
Network Chair: Christina Dolgowitz, BHSc., RRT, CRE
Network Chair: Christina Dolgowitz, BHSc., RRT, CRE
CSRT Certified Clinical Anesthesia Assistant Network:
This network was established to provide a forum for Certified Clinical Anesthesia Assistants to share their knowledge and promote best practice in anesthesia care. Areas of focus include:
education and the translation of best practices and evidence-based care,
advocacy (recruitment, retention, regulation),
identification of stakeholders and networking to promote the practice.
(Membership is available to those holding the CSRT CCAA designation.)
Network Chair: Robert Bryan, RRT CCAA
(Membership is available to those holding the CSRT CCAA designation.)
Network Chair: Robert Bryan, RRT CCAA
If you wish to join one of the networks, please fill out the registration form linked below
The New Brunswick Respiratory Therapy Special Interest Group
The New Brunswick Respiratory Therapy Special Interest Group (NBRTSIG) arose from a grassroots organization developed by New Brunswick respiratory therapists and was established in 2021 as a formal CSRT community of practice. The NBRTSIG provides a forum for members to engage in discourse and initiatives that address issues of particular importance to RTs in NB. The mandate of the NBRTSIG is to advocate for respiratory therapists, patients and their families, and the respiratory therapy profession; to facilitate educational opportunities; and to enhance public awareness of the respiratory therapy profession.
This special interest group is the first of its kind in the country and establishes a framework that may be helpful to RTs other provinces where advocacy groups are not established. This national-provincial relationship is mutually beneficial for RTs across New Brunswick and across Canada. It creates linkages between local and national advocacy efforts. By coordinating these advocacy efforts, RTs can be optimally recognized for the amazing work they do. It also establishes a link with other CSRT networks for sharing of best practices and other initiatives and brings the experience of the CSRT to inform its activities.
This special interest group is the first of its kind in the country and establishes a framework that may be helpful to RTs other provinces where advocacy groups are not established. This national-provincial relationship is mutually beneficial for RTs across New Brunswick and across Canada. It creates linkages between local and national advocacy efforts. By coordinating these advocacy efforts, RTs can be optimally recognized for the amazing work they do. It also establishes a link with other CSRT networks for sharing of best practices and other initiatives and brings the experience of the CSRT to inform its activities.
