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SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS in the Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care program at Missouri State University-West Plains placed second out of 15 teams in the student division of the Sputum Bowl at the 44th annual conference and business meeting of the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care April 21-24 at Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center at Osage Beach. Cindy Smith, director of the program, was on a team of respiratory care educators and practitioners that took first place in the professional division of the contest. The contest is designed to stimulate interest in current knowledge and practices of respiratory care, Smith said, adding her team will represent Missouri at the national professional Sputum Bowl competition during the American Association for Respiratory Care’s annual conference in November in Tampa, Fla. The student team defeated a team from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the semifinal round before losing to a team from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin in the finals. With their trophies are, from left, Coordinator of Clinical Education for Respiratory Care Aimee Green; students Whitney Slaughter, Thayer, Perry Elliott, West Plains, Tiffany Green, St. Louis, and Mathew Neil, Winona; and Smith. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)
SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS in the Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care program at Missouri State University-West Plains placed second out of 15 teams in the student division of the Sputum Bowl at the 44th annual conference and business meeting of the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care April 21-24 at Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center at Osage Beach. Cindy Smith, director of the program, was on a team of respiratory care educators and practitioners that took first place in the professional division of the contest. The contest is designed to stimulate interest in current knowledge and practices of respiratory care, Smith said, adding her team will represent Missouri at the national professional Sputum Bowl competition during the American Association for Respiratory Care’s annual conference in November in Tampa, Fla. The student team defeated a team from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the semifinal round before losing to a team from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin in the finals. With their trophies are, from left, Coordinator of Clinical Education for Respiratory Care Aimee Green; students Whitney Slaughter, Thayer, Perry Elliott, West Plains, Tiffany Green, St. Louis, and Mathew Neil, Winona; and Smith. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)

Respiratory care students, instructor compete in state contests

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SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS in the Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care program at Missouri State University-West Plains placed second out of 15 teams in the student division of the Sputum Bowl at the 44th annual conference and business meeting of the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care April 21-24 at Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center at Osage Beach. Cindy Smith, director of the program, was on a team of respiratory care educators and practitioners that took first place in the professional division of the contest. The contest is designed to stimulate interest in current knowledge and practices of respiratory care, Smith said, adding her team will represent Missouri at the national professional Sputum Bowl competition during the American Association for Respiratory Care’s annual conference in November in Tampa, Fla. The student team defeated a team from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the semifinal round before losing to a team from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin in the finals. With their trophies are, from left, Coordinator of Clinical Education for Respiratory Care Aimee Green; students Whitney Slaughter, Thayer, Perry Elliott, West Plains, Tiffany Green, St. Louis, and Mathew Neil, Winona; and Smith. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)
SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS in the Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care program at Missouri State University-West Plains placed second out of 15 teams in the student division of the Sputum Bowl at the 44th annual conference and business meeting of the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care April 21-24 at Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center at Osage Beach. Cindy Smith, director of the program, was on a team of respiratory care educators and practitioners that took first place in the professional division of the contest. The contest is designed to stimulate interest in current knowledge and practices of respiratory care, Smith said, adding her team will represent Missouri at the national professional Sputum Bowl competition during the American Association for Respiratory Care’s annual conference in November in Tampa, Fla. The student team defeated a team from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the semifinal round before losing to a team from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin in the finals. With their trophies are, from left, Coordinator of Clinical Education for Respiratory Care Aimee Green; students Whitney Slaughter, Thayer, Perry Elliott, West Plains, Tiffany Green, St. Louis, and Mathew Neil, Winona; and Smith. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)