About me
Aaron Ladd has been a Respiratory Therapist for over 20 years, currently working with Alberta Health Services, with the Tobacco Vaping and Cannabis Program as a Health Promotion Facilitator. Throughout his professional career, he has dedicated much of his time and energy to the field of education both for patients and other healthcare providers. Aaron trained at Mayo Clinic as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist. He completed a Master of Education in behavioural education from Memorial University. Aaron is also a certified Tobacco, asthma and COPD educator. He was highly active as a subject matter expert and writer in the development and implementation of the Certified Tobacco Educator credential and is the Director of Tobacco Programs for the Canadian Network for Respiratory Care (CNRC). Aaron is also a Master Trainer for the Certified Tobacco Educator courses, travelling across Canada and delivering the new curriculum. He sits on the certification management committee and the exam development committee for the Canadian Network for Respiratory care, actively participating in CRE curriculum development and the creation and assessment of psychometrics and evaluations for credentialing. He is a passionate supporter of Motivational Interviewing and has been actively practicing and teaching it for over 11 years. Aaron spent a great deal of time providing one on one client patient education with over 10000 clinical patient hours in education over the past 18 years.
