The purpose of this Research Forum is to allow baccalaureate and graduate Respiratory Therapy faculty, alumni, and students to discuss current and planned research projects.
Hello all. What a great service this will be. Tom has asked me to be a moderator for this section and what an honor. Thanks Tom for all of your efforts and time. I still feel like I don't know you that well, but it is clear that you have a passion for the field of respiratory care and want to push, pull, prod, or carry kicking and screaming if you have to, the professionals employed in this profession to places they have not yet dreamed of.
I will do my best to nurture this forum into something we can all be proud of.
I'm glad that this forum exists. Keith Lamb, adult acute care section chair, has summoned a small group of talented RRTs to assess the feasibility of offering section members opportunity to participate in a virtual journal club. The intent if the journal club will be to help members develop or refine their critical appraisal skills so that they may effectively refer to peer reviewed journal articles to support clinical decisions. This initiative aligns nicely with core competencies that have been identified as important attributes that RRTs should have in 2015 and beyond.
As co-chair of student relations, I would like to brain storm ideas with you that would appeal to student members. I offer a brief survey to student members to inquire what their needs/wants are in terms of a research forum. Thoughts?
Dan, wow what a delayed reply on my part. I am sorry about that, no excuses other than my own day to day life... The semester has ended and I should now be able to piece myself back together.
I have seen Keith's posts on the AARC listserv. I think is is a good idea to have general discussions that foster academically critical thought by all practitioners.
What would your thoughts be on fostering our students post some questions about their thoughts on this list serve. I would like it to be student friendly.
Great idea, Bob and Dan. Perhaps also the faculty teaching the RC Research courses can share some topical "good ideas" for that student cam up with for research projects that may be further refined. Could we develop a repository of research ideas that could be a resource for all RC members?
Greg, this is a good idea, and I clearly need to check this more often because I didn't see your reply until now. I spend a great deal of effort with my students trying to get them to understand why something is happening or why something is the way that it is. Examples of this can begin from the very simple (e.g., why do we measure pressure in units of cm H2O and mm Hg -- oh yeah, and what do those units really mean anyway). We discuss the notion that ventilators don't really measure volume, but integrate flow to calculate the volume. Then I use the process presented in Susan Pilbeam's book to have the students draw out a set of waveforms. Like any training, generally the students hate it, they want things to go much faster. But when I begin to ask bigger questions at least they have a reference point for the discussion.
The first real reseach project I had a set of interested students do (a number of years ago) was to study the trigger work of flow and pressure triggers on a 7200. I had them calculate PTPs, graph a represenative set of pressure waves, and use SPSS to look at differences. The presented their findings at AARC and had a very enjoyed and learned experience...
My biggest problem is this is all very time consuming, and I need better ways to get more students and more faculty involved.
What are you doing at your institution? Anyone, everyone?
Greetings all-- One of the ideas I've been kicking around that has potential benefits for present RT faculty and soon-to-be graduates is the idea of an "internship" or "externship" to another university. What I envisioned is a "Faculty Matching Program" or a "Graduate Matching Program" where CoBGRTE could assist with matching the special interests faculty/graduates with institutions and faculty within that particular area of expertise. I began looking around the country for something similar for university faculty, but there is none that I can find. Think....matching program for medical school students.
Does anyone see value in this kind of effort or opportunity? I am open to comments, concerns, and questions.
Hello all. What a great service this will be. Tom has asked me to be a moderator for this section and what an honor. Thanks Tom for all of your efforts and time. I still feel like I don't know you that well, but it is clear that you have a passion for the field of respiratory care and want to push, pull, prod, or carry kicking and screaming if you have to, the professionals employed in this profession to places they have not yet dreamed of.
ReplyDeleteI will do my best to nurture this forum into something we can all be proud of.
I'm glad that this forum exists. Keith Lamb, adult acute care section chair, has summoned a small group of talented RRTs to assess the feasibility of offering section members opportunity to participate in a virtual journal club. The intent if the journal club will be to help members develop or refine their critical appraisal skills so that they may effectively refer to peer reviewed journal articles to support clinical decisions. This initiative aligns nicely with core competencies that have been identified as important attributes that RRTs should have in 2015 and beyond.
ReplyDeleteAs co-chair of student relations, I would like to brain storm ideas with you that would appeal to student members. I offer a brief survey to student members to inquire what their needs/wants are in terms of a research forum. Thoughts?
Dan, wow what a delayed reply on my part. I am sorry about that, no excuses other than my own day to day life... The semester has ended and I should now be able to piece myself back together.
DeleteI have seen Keith's posts on the AARC listserv. I think is is a good idea to have general discussions that foster academically critical thought by all practitioners.
What would your thoughts be on fostering our students post some questions about their thoughts on this list serve. I would like it to be student friendly.
Great idea, Bob and Dan. Perhaps also the faculty teaching the RC Research courses can share some topical "good ideas" for that student cam up with for research projects that may be further refined. Could we develop a repository of research ideas that could be a resource for all RC members?
ReplyDeleteGreg, this is a good idea, and I clearly need to check this more often because I didn't see your reply until now. I spend a great deal of effort with my students trying to get them to understand why something is happening or why something is the way that it is. Examples of this can begin from the very simple (e.g., why do we measure pressure in units of cm H2O and mm Hg -- oh yeah, and what do those units really mean anyway). We discuss the notion that ventilators don't really measure volume, but integrate flow to calculate the volume. Then I use the process presented in Susan Pilbeam's book to have the students draw out a set of waveforms. Like any training, generally the students hate it, they want things to go much faster. But when I begin to ask bigger questions at least they have a reference point for the discussion.
ReplyDeleteThe first real reseach project I had a set of interested students do (a number of years ago) was to study the trigger work of flow and pressure triggers on a 7200. I had them calculate PTPs, graph a represenative set of pressure waves, and use SPSS to look at differences. The presented their findings at AARC and had a very enjoyed and learned experience...
My biggest problem is this is all very time consuming, and I need better ways to get more students and more faculty involved.
What are you doing at your institution? Anyone, everyone?
Bob J.
Greetings all--
ReplyDeleteOne of the ideas I've been kicking around that has potential benefits for present RT faculty and soon-to-be graduates is the idea of an "internship" or "externship" to another university. What I envisioned is a "Faculty Matching Program" or a "Graduate Matching Program" where CoBGRTE could assist with matching the special interests faculty/graduates with institutions and faculty within that particular area of expertise. I began looking around the country for something similar for university faculty, but there is none that I can find. Think....matching program for medical school students.
Does anyone see value in this kind of effort or opportunity? I am open to comments, concerns, and questions.
Thanks for you thoughts--
Gregg