CURATED CONTENT MHST 601

Curated jewels to facilitate learnings in this course

Professional Pearls

Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists. (n.d.). Standards of Practice for Respiratory Therapists.

https://www.csrt.com/wp-content/uploads/Standards-of-Practice-for-RTs.pdf

Federal body advocating for the role and advancement of Respiratory Therapy across Canada. This specific document pertains to standards of practice as outlined by the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists.

Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists. (n.d.). Code of Ethical and Professional Conduct for Respiratory Therapists. https://www.csrt.com/wp-content/uploads/Code-of-Ethics.pdf

Federal body advocation for the role and advancement of Respiratory Therapy across Canada. This specific document pertains to the code of ethics and professional conduct every respiratory therapist across Canada must follow.

London Health Sciences Centre. (n.d.). Our Vision, Mission, and Values. https://www.lhsc.on.ca/about-lhsc/our-vision-mission-and-values.

London Health Sciences Centre's vision, mission and values.

Unit 1 Professionalism

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologist News (ACOG). (2013). Social Media Professionalism in the Medical Community [Video]. You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N8A5LMlego

A video on the impact of social media on professionalism in the medical community.

CBC News. (2016, December 3). Nurse who 'vented' online found guilty of professional misconduct. CBC/Radio-Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/srna-discipline-social-media-nurse-saskatchewan-1.3880351

A relevant news post on the impact of social media on professionalism.

Clark, K. (2018). Interprofessional Education: Making Our Way Out of the Silos. Respiratory Care, 63(5), 637-639. https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.06234

Interprofessional education is discussed as a goal of creating a collaborative practice-ready individual as well as with its impact on developing professional identity.

Holden, A. (2017). Social media and professionalism: does the profession need to re-think the parameters of professionalism within social media? Australian Dental Journal, 62(1), 23-29. http://doi: 10.1111/adj.12445

This article examines the use of social media for professional reasons and discusses how professionals’ adherence to a framework of professional, ethical and legal obligations must be present in order to preserve the patient-professional relationship.

Nations, D. (2021, January 26). What is social media? Limewire Tech for Humans. https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-social-media-explaining-the-big-trend-3486616

A thorough look at social media, its common features, social networking, as well as issues with social media and its future.

Rogers, T. (2010). 8 Ways to Determine Website Reliability. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/gauging-website-reliability-2073838

The authors describes 8 criteria to use to determine reliability of the information on a website.

Zaccagnini, M., Bussières, A., Nugus, P., West, A., & Thomas, A. (2021). Exploring the professionalization of respiratory therapy in Canada. Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy, 57, 129–137. https://doi.org/10.29390/cjrt-2021-046

Legitimizing the profession of Respiratory Therapy. Includes a thorough description of the evolution of the field.