TY - JOUR T1 - Quality Improvement in Respiratory Care Education: Implications for Curriculum Change JF - Respiratory Care SP - 154 LP - 155 DO - 10.4187/respcare.09608 VL - 67 IS - 1 AU - Jithin K Sreedharan Y1 - 2022/01/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/67/1/154.abstract N2 - To the Editor,I read the narrative review published by Karthika et al,1 which described, with great enthusiasm, quality management in respiratory care. I see the implications of this review article to be significant, judging from an administrative point of view. The authors explored the developments relating to the identification of quality measures as well as their implementation in respiratory therapy departments. They also identified challenges related to their enforcement. In addition, they enumerated the 5 key quality indicators for a respiratory therapy department and the importance of ensuring continuous personnel training in quality measures.Karthika et al1 mentioned the relevance of formal training but could have, perhaps, expounded more on it. As a quality leader in a premier undergraduate respiratory care program, I write to share my experiences about the subject and to propose the need for the implementation of methods that assure quality improvement (QI) processes toward an effective respiratory therapy curriculum.Respiratory care education has become an increasingly important item in the health care agenda, which could be the reason why it … Correspondence: Jithin K Sreedharan. E-mail:jithinksree{at}psmchs.edu.sa ER -