Where you’ll go:
The Parkland College Respiratory Care Program is designed to meet the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) established goal:
"To prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists (RRTs)."
As a student in the Respiratory Care Program, you will engage in a variety of classroom and laboratory instruction on the Parkland campus, along with clinical instruction in regional acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics, and home care organizations. Through these diverse learning environments, respiratory care students develop the ability to care for patients with chronic lung disease as well as those experiencing acute illness or injury that compromise breathing.
The integrated educational approach ensures that students receive comprehensive, hands-on experience in multiple care settings while progressing toward professional competence as future Registered Respiratory Therapists.
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CoARC Accreditation
The Parkland Respiratory Care program (CoARC #200180) is accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.
CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an ‘outcomes based’ process. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented.
Post-graduation Credentials
- Graduates are eligible to complete the Therapist Multiple-Choice Examination to earn the Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential and the Registered Respiratory Therapist (RTT) credential upon successful completion of both the Therapist Multiple Choice Exam and the Clinical Simulation Exam. The CRT and/or RRT credentials are used as the basis for licensure in all 49 states that regulate the practice of respiratory care. Additional specialty credentials are available for neonatal-pediatric care (NPS), for sleep medicine (SDS), for diagnostics (CPFT, RPFT), and adult critical care (ACCS.)
More information
- Practice in respiratory care requires a state license.
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