Despite the significant global burden of respiratory and critical illness, specialist treatment is underutilised in low- and middle-income nations. Academic global pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) is still a relatively new concept, despite the fact that opportunities for trainees in many areas of medicine have grown significantly over the past ten years. These opportunities are typically limited to specific institutions and geographical areas. As a result, junior faculty members and PCCM fellows at universities with a dearth of global health mentorship receive little assistance in developing fulfilling careers in global health. The issue of how interested respiratory therapy students can learn about RRT research within frequently rigorously regulated training programmes therefore arises. There is currently a dearth of material on respiratory therapy students who choose to do research as part of their academic training. As a result, adding a summertime student research observership elective could be one way to expand research exposure. The significance of research for respiratory therapists will be covered in this article, along with the attitudes RRTs currently have toward it and a student-mentor-led experience in an elective research opportunity.
Published Date: 2022-12-08; Received Date: 2022-11-12
