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Our two-year therapist program can prepare you for employment in the exciting high-tech health care field of respiratory care.

Respiratory therapists manage the ventilation of critically ill patients as well as provide acute and chronic care to patients with pulmonary disease. Most work is performed in the hospital environment. Program graduates are allowed to take all national board exams.

The 17³Ô¹Ï Respiratory Therapy Program has an excellent pass record for national board and state licensure examinations.

17³Ô¹Ï offers two respiratory therapist training programs:

1. A two-year starts in the fall each year.

2. A 4-course, fully online Certificate of Achievement for Interventional Pulmonology Assistant.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

The Respiratory Therapy program also offers continuing education units for Practicing Therapists.

• CEU's can be obtained by successfully completing specific courses.
• One hour is given for each hour of class attendance.
• Contact the Program Director to find out which courses are available for a specific quarter, 650.949.7466.

• Graduate students who demonstrate:
  • ability to comprehend, apply and evaluate information necessary to practice as an advanced respiratory care practitioner.
  • skills necessary to perform competently as an advanced respiratory care practitioner.
  • professional attitudes and behaviors
• Provide graduates to the community who obtain their professional license (RCP) and credentials (CRT and RRT).
• Educate students to obtain gainful employment.

Prior to graduating from the program, all students must satisfy minimum competencies in didactic, laboratory and clinical education. Students must possess the knowledge, skills and abilities to become a Registered Respiratory Therapist and those expected of a licensed professional.

• Provide continuing education to practicing respiratory care practitioners.
• Provide training for the National Board for Respiratory Care, Neonatal and Pediatric Specialty (NPS) Exam as well as the Certified and Registered Pulmonary Function Exams (CPFT and RPFT).

The 17³Ô¹Ï Respiratory Therapy program, CoARC program number 200017, located at the 17³Ô¹Ï main campus, awards the AS degree and is accredited by the .

The 17³Ô¹Ï Respiratory Therapy Program submits yearly accreditation assessments to and is currently scheduled for a 10-year accreditation process to be completed in 2025.

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.

View the Programmatic Outcomes Data on the

200017 is the 17³Ô¹Ï respiratory therapy program CoARC number.