2.1 Pre-Health Science
Greg Donde,
RRT, BHSc, MSc, FCSRT
| Current Employer | Professor – Respiratory Therapy Program, Fanshawe College
Registered Respiratory Therapist – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, McMaster Children’s Hospital Registered Respiratory Therapist – St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
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| Skills you use Professionally | As a respiratory therapist, you have to be adaptable, quick thinking, and develop excellent critical thinking and troubleshooting abilities. You also need the technical skills to perform lifesaving tasks such as endotracheal intubation. Lastly, effective communication with patients, family members, and the health care team is essential. |
| Favourite Memory from time at Fanshawe | As a student in the respiratory therapy program, the clinical applications lab courses provided an opportunity to apply what we were learning in the classroom. It also allowed us to perform skills and procedures on mannequins and the occasional classmate. We had the opportunity to perform a skill on a classmate that involved inserting a catheter through the nose with the tip sitting just above the trachea. I was so excited, I decided to perform the procedure on myself. |
| Credentials/Past professional Experiences |
Master of Science Respiratory Care Leadership, Northeastern University
Bachelor of Health Science, Thompson Rivers University
Respiratory Therapy Advanced Diploma Program, Fanshawe College
Pre-Health Science Certificate, Fanshawe College
Fellowship of the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (FCSRT)
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Instructor
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor
Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN) Instructor
Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR Instructor Certification (2005-2010)
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| One thing you would tell your student self | Hard work and dedication have allowed me to achieve my goals. It also helped that I enjoyed what I was learning, and the career I choose. |
