Message from the Editor

Welcome to our 2021 issue, Volume 57! If you have any questions about how this online, open access, rolling publication model works, please visit the FAQ page under the "About Us" tab. I encourage you to submit any comments or thoughts you may have on the content in this journal, both in agreement and in controversy. Contact editor@csrt.com to have your feedback published.

Call for COVID-19 Submissions

• Approaches to overcoming challenges associated with COVID-19: for example, senior care; cost, consistency / equity, risk, geographic isolation, indigenous and other specific sub populations, reorganization of workplace, pandemic preparation
• Expert insight and commentary
• Real life cases, narratives from experience
• Innovations in practice: unique opportunities for innovation

• Patient care, empathy
• Problem solving
• Conflict resolution
• Time management
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Global citizenship
• Leadership
• Resilience (coping with pressure, loss, failure, criticism, workload, stress, anxiety)
• Pandemic/disaster preparation
• Unique medical cases

2020 ARTICLE OF THE YEAR

Design and performance testing of a novel emergency ventilator for in-hospital use has been selected by the CJRT Editorial Board for our Article of the Year: Informing Practice Award – congratulations to authors Jacob M. Knorr, Megan M. Sheehan, Daniel C. Santana, Sergey Samorezov, Ibrahim Sammour, Michael Deblock, Barry Kuban, Neal Chaisson, and Robert L. Chatburn! The Informing Practice Award was created to recognize a publication that substantiates a new and novel idea or approach contributing to the cumulative knowledge base of the field and is likely to inspire fellow RTs in their research.

ABOUT THE CJRT

The CJRT is a peer reviewed, open access journal, owned by the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT), published by Canadian Science Publishing, and indexed in PMC (PubMed Central). The CJRT has been publishing continuously since 1965. We strive to publish manuscripts that describe effective interventions that increase access to and quality of clinical respiratory health interventions, including the organization and delivery of care in hospitals, the community, and throughout the continuum of care by health care providers. Our goal is to generate evidence and discussion to support more effective and equitable access to respiratory therapy and care for patients in Canada and around the world. While many of our contributors are respiratory therapists, we welcome submissions from all related health professionals and researchers.

INTERESTED IN PEER REVIEW?

The CJRT is always recruiting interested volunteers to participate in the peer review process. Contact the Managing Editor at editor@csrt.com to get started. You get to read the latest papers in your area of expertise and practice your critical review skills. After each completed review, the peer reviewer receives educational credit letters that can be applied to your provincial CPD program. New to research? We are happy to start you off slowly and pair you with experienced reviewers for your first review.