Thanks to the AARC efforts the Respiratory Care field has been exponentially growing in other countries. Not only new Respiratory Programs has been developed but many others has been improved and developed new strategies and competencies.
The Respiratory Care American System is now taken as an example to copy and apply in many places overseas.
The NBRC has worked with many countries in Latin America and developed a system for
for evaluating and certifying the work competency of respiratory care professionals in the participating countries, thereby enabling the growth of respiratory therapy and enhancing the quality of patient care.
The Latin American Board for Professional Certification in Respiratory Therapy has been created and now many professionals and new grads get credentialed by them upon approval of the certification exam.
Many of them are able to communicate in english but the majority is not and it would be very useful if we can create an AARConnect (AARConexion in spanish) in order to promote their integration.
Doing so we can give them the means to exchange information, promote education and also interact with spanish speaking RTs working in the U.S.
Also it could be useful for incresing the number of AARC members in Latin America.
What do you think? Could it be useful?