October 20 - 26, 2024
Inspiring Excellence in Respiratory Therapy
#RTWeek2024
Did you know?
The CSRT proclaims the last week in October as Respiratory Therapy Week in Canada, to celebrate the respiratory therapy profession and the outstanding dedication and passion of RTs. This includes all areas of respiratory therapy practice, including anesthesia assistance.
Save the date!
RT Week 2025 is October 19-25.
RT Week Webinar
CSRT Special RT Week Presentation: CSRT Choosing Wisely Canada Respiratory Therapy Recommendations
Monday, October 21, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Speakers: Dr. Wendy Levinson, MD, Chair Choosing Wisely Canada; Carolyn McCoy, RRT, CSRT Director of Professional Practice
Join us on October 21 for a special RT Week presentation about Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC) and the new CWC/CSRT recommendations “Respiratory Therapy: Eight Tests and Treatments to Question”. Participants will learn about Choosing Wisely Canada and how it helps reduce unnecessary tests and treatments, how the Respiratory Therapy recommendations were formulated, and how respiratory therapists can incorporate Choosing Wisely Concepts into their practice.
Free for CSRT members, $35 + tax for non-members.
RT Week Activity
This year, the CSRT is celebrating its 60th anniversary!
To mark this occasion, we invite you to submit a song to the CSRT Mix Tape for #RTWeek2024.
It can be a song that pumps you up before work, helped you get through late-night studying, reminds you of your RT peers, makes you look back and smile, or makes you and your colleagues sing out loud!
This playlist is compiled through Spotify, which means we can only add/use songs that are available through that platform.
Listen to the CSRT RT Week 2024 Mix Tape playlist here or on the Spotify player in this page.
Inspiring RTs Page!
CSRT Slide Decks “Respiratory Therapists: Breathing Life into Healthcare”
We are pleased to offer a series of slide decks to assist you in sharing information about what RTs do. There are four versions of the slide deck.
- A scrolling version on a loop to display at an information booth or on an information screen (e.g., in a lobby or department)
- This version is recommended when you will not be speaking during the presentation. It is designed to be read by the audience.
- A speaker’s version with an embedded 2-minute video about respiratory therapists
- A speaker’s version with a link to a 45-second video about respiratory therapists. (An internet connection is required to share the video during your presentation.)
- A speaker’s version with a link to a 2-minute video about respiratory therapists. (An internet connection is required to share the video during your presentation.)
Each slide deck is accompanied by suggested speaking points and information to assist you with common questions. We encourage you to share some of your own experiences with the audience too!
(CSRT slide decks are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits reuse, distribution and reproduction of the presentation without modifications, provided that the original work is properly cited and the reuse is restricted to noncommercial purposes. Slide decks have not been optimized for mobile devices.)
Social Media Resources
We are pleased to offer a series of images you can share on social media – don’t forget the #RTWeek2024 hashtag! To download the images below, click on the image, then right click “save image as” on a desktop, or save image to camera roll on mobile.
What is an RT Image #1 (for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn)
What is an RT Image #2 (for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn)
What is an RT Image #3 (for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn)
What is an RT Image (for Twitter)
Who are RTs Infographic (for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn)
