Dal to open community respiratory care clinic with student training opportunities

A new community clinic in Halifax will serve as a hands-on training site for Dalhousie University’s expanded Respiratory Therapy program. Opening this fall, the Nova Scotia Lung Wellness Clinic will offer clinical placements for students in Dal’s School of Health Sciences, where they will work under the supervision of licensed respiratory therapists. “This initiative is about more than just access — it’s about building capacity,” said Dal Associate Professor Sanja Stanojevic. “By embedding students in community-based care, we’re training future health-care professionals while directly improving patient outcomes.” The clinic is supported by GSK Canada and will provide services such as spirometry testing, chronic disease education, and smoking cessation programs.