Student Activities

Asthma Education

Respiratory students will be making their way into the community to provide asthma education for school aged children. This project is done every summer and repeated in the fall for a different set of schools. The growing prevalence of asthma has spurred these students into action to provide education to kids so that they can better manage their asthma. Additionally, students provide a program on smoking issues for school aged children.

Schools interested in having students provide an educational event should contact Ceci Oldmixon to make arrangements.

Student Educational Activities

Each semester students participate in educational activities. These events are held both on campus and off. Students give demonstrations and educate the audience on aspects of the Respiratory Care Profession.

Past events

Seminar Spring: The event is held on the VC campus and offers 6 CEUs to the participants. The event is completed orchestrated by the second year students as their semester project. The students are responsible for setting the topics; finding speakers; securing vendor support & publicizing the event. The event raises monies for Respiratory scholarships and purchase of educational materials. The seminar covers issues relevant to the current practices or environment of Respiratory Care or healthcare in general. Local support of the seminar is always crucial to its success and this year the students were able to garner support from stead-fast supporters and newcomers. For specific seminar dates contact the Respiratory Care Program.

S.C.O.P.E.

Student Cardiopulmonary Organization Practicing Excellence

The Victoria College Respiratory Care students have formed a student organization. Its primary purpose to promote community awareness and support of the Respiratory Care Program and Profession. It gives the students a venue to share mutual interests, ideas and experiences related to the field of Respiratory Care. It is open to anyone who is in the Respiratory Care Program or seeking enrollment into the program. Membership dues are $5 and renewed annually.

Visit the website for more information. SCOPE

Preceptor Workshops:

The Victoria College Respiratory Care program extends the offer to provide staff updates prior to each semester if directors desire. We stand ready to assist in your continuing educational needs for your staff. Please contact us if you would like to arrange an update for your staff.

Respiratory Care Week:

Respiratory Care Week is the third week in October. Directors, if you would like to a joint venture for the celebration of our profession, please contact us and our students would be happy to assist as we can.

Respiratory Care Week activities

Each year during the National Respiratory Care Week the students of the program create/coordinate activities and events that promote the program and profession. Click here to see this year's events.

Past events

Respiratory Care Program History:

The Victoria College Respiratory Care program has been in existence since the 70's and would like to put together a history of the program and graduates. If you graduated from this program and have any photos from your time in the program and you would like to share them, please contact Ceci Oldmixon. We will be creating a web page to display the photos and any historical information we can gather.