Respiratory Therapy Program Accreditation

Quality Indicators

Program Mission

The Respiratory Therapy program is focused on the development of qualified graduates who are prepared to provide the essentials for the safe and effective delivery of respiratory care and patient education.

Program 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).

Accreditation

The Washburn University Respiratory Care Program, #200323, Associate of Applied Science degree, Topeka, KS, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) (www.coarc.com).

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.

Outcomes data from the Annual Report of Current Status has been posted on the CoARC website. Follow this link directly to the Programmatic Outcomes Data page: https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/.

Assessment Plan

Respiratory Therapy Assessment Plan

Assessment Findings

Respiratory Assessment Findings

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