… featured on The Prairie Doc The BREATHE-SD project was recently featured on a segment of The Prairie Doc, which airs on South Dakota Public Broadcasting. BREATHE-SD is a new grant-funded project to increase the respiratory therapy and public health workforce in South Dakota. The Prairie Doc is a television and online program that seeks to share information on medical topics in South Dakota without the distractions of marketing and misinformation. According to their mission statement, Prairie Doc is a “non-profit developed for enhancing health and diminishing suffering by communicating useful information, based on honest science, provided in a respectful and compassionate manner.” Their programs air on SDPB and online. As the BREATHE-SD project begins, …
… Lacy Patnoe For the fourth consecutive year, the respiratory care program at South Dakota State University has been honored for achieving 100% Registered Respiratory Therapist Credentialing Success. The President’s Award for Excellence in Credentialing Success is awarded by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care. SDSU is one of a select few programs nationwide to earn the award. Lacy Patnoe, director of the SDSU program, said the award confirms … program begins each May and consists of a year of both didactic and labs in the classroom with clinical rotations in the second year. The bachelor’s degree can be obtained completely online and done while working as a registered respiratory therapy practitioner. Up to eight students are accepted each year at the Rapid City campus at Monument Health and up to 16 are …