The expertise of one of Canada’s top health care programs is once again reaching out across the Pacific Ocean to one of the major hospitals in China.

TRU World, the international arm of the Thompson Rivers University has secured another major Respiratory Therapy training contract in Hunan Province. It will be the fourth such contract in China, this time with the Hunan Peoples Hospital and the Hunan Ministry of Health.

The project will see a team of TRU faculty from the respiratory program spending six weeks in China over the summer, delivering RT training to 50 physicians in this major medical facility. Respiratory Therapy is not part of the health care system in many parts of the world, including China. They arrive in China July 14.

“This is a very valued partnership we have developed with the Hunan Hospital and the Ministry of Health in Hunan Province.” according to Cyndi McLeod, the Vice-President of TRU World. “These relationships go beyond just contracts, creating new opportunities for our faculty and building on the outstanding reputation we already have in the international community.”

TRU has been providing contract training to bring respiratory expertise in life support systems and patient management to health care professionals in several countries, as well as hosting international health care professionals on a regular basis. There are currently two doctors from China studying in the RT program on campus in Kamloops.

The TRU program, which again this year had the top two graduating students in all of Canada, is the premier training centre for all respiratory therapists in British Columbia.

The program has also expanded the scope of training by offering students the ability to complete both their RT Diploma, leading to their national certification as Registered Respiratory Therapists, and their Bachelor of Health Science degree in an integrated four-year program. It’s an option that only TRU can provide as a comprehensive university that connects two- and three year diplomas to undergraduate degree programs.

Contact:

• Josh Keller; Director Marketing & Communications. (p) 250.828.5008 (c) 250.851.6843
• David Sheets: RT Program Chair, (p) 250.828.5465