University of Mary Respiratory Therapy Department

10/06/2026

A.I. is a big topic within our world. Healthcare is also evaluating where it can contribute and how it impacts patient care. Respiratory Therapy is seeing it within our ventilators and patient care models. Join our Dean, Dr. Mary Dockter, as she considers what happens when artificial intelligence takes on a greater role in health care and whether an algorithm can ever make a moral decision.

Can an algorithm make a moral decision—or is that a responsibility ...

09/28/2026

Our Respiratory Therapy Seniors have been taking their instructors with them for clinicals at Mayo! 😎 All of the photos, texts, and phone calls from this bunch have been keeping the faculty smiling! Thank you .roch.respiratory for treating them so well and continuing to help them learn!

09/21/2026

NO!!! Alex the Cat and Toby Tracheosaurus found themselves in sticky situations! Our Junior Respiratory Therapy students needed to complete their lab activities to free our precious mascots!
St. Alexius Health
American Association for Respiratory Care - AARC

09/16/2026

New Semester - New students! Welcome to this group of Bachelors and Masters RT students! While the seniors are traveling, these wonderful ladies get to start claiming space in our classroom!

09/14/2026

We are so proud of this crew of students, and thrilled we got a chance to see them before they took off for fall clinicals. Thank you for sharing pictures with your faculty!

09/01/2026

08/27/2026

2027 Applications are open and available with 9 Tuition Free Scholarships! Do you know students that are interested in healthcare? We also have a great pre-med option!

08/24/2026

The fall is always busy, but faculty is excited to take part in the AARC Conference in New Orleans this year! If you have never attended a national conference, why? Let us know in the comments! If you have attended, tell us your favorite part! AND - we have a new blog post up on why these conferences are so invaluable. Enjoy! https://www.chiumrt.org/post/why-attend-the-national-aarc-conference-in-new-orleans

08/17/2026

Summer classes have ended! We are thankful to St. Alexius Health for sharing conference room space for us to hold our courses while moving was in full swing. We also appreciate Dr. Christine Sperle and her amazing husband for the work they have done on our new classroom - check out the great shelving at the front! Can't wait to invite people in!

08/07/2026

We have done a poor job of updating our blog - but we swear it is because so many new and exciting things have been happening in all three of our programs. Check out our updates and share! We are up to 7 Tuition free scholarship opportunities for incoming Freshman!

St. Alexius Health
American Association for Respiratory Care - AARC