The leadership of the AARC, ARCF, CoARC, and NBRC will join attendees to discuss the latest professional, research, accreditation, and credentialing issues facing respiratory care.

At the 2012 Helmholtz Lecture, the speaker presented the results of a survey of programs receiving the RRT Credentialing Success Award, describing the common characteristics of these high-performing programs. This presentation will revisit the theme of success and excellence in RC education, using the programs that received the 2021 President’s Award for Credentialing Success and reviewing the literature on excellence and success in health professions education. Come join as we discuss factors that impact program success and can be employed to improve our RC programs.

This presentation seeks to understand formal role requirements of state society leadership nationwide. Additionally, the audience will better understand what leadership means. This presentation will look at various intentional leadership types and their benefits and challenges of adopting. Lastly, the speaker will Identify leadership types that can be adopted in state society leadership and how they may help make your tenure as a state society leader more impactful.

While every RT in every role is critical to the success of our profession, educators and managers have overreaching roles that provide them with the opportunity to impact our roles, reputations, and value proposition in many avenues. This presentation will build on a presentation at the 2021 Summer Forum by sharing best practices, describing barriers and success factors, and engaging the audience in small group exercises.

This session will take the audience on a powerful exploration of challenges about why it’s difficult to lead, the negative impacts that take form, and the level of commitment and action needed to be a transformative leader in order to drive higher productivity, performance, and peace.