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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Practical approach to career development designed to help students develop strategies for obtaining suitable employment and making career choices. Emphasis is on the principles, methods, and practice in achieving career goals through the study of careers, preparing resumes, writing letters of application, practicing job interview techniques, and identifying prospective employers.
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4.00 Credits
A presentation of patient assessment skills to prepare for subsequent courses in the curriculum. Modules included are chart review and history, vital signs, physical assessment of the chest, chest radiography, laboratory assessment, bedside pulmonary function testing, electrocardiography, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Students are prepared to function in a problem-based learning curriculum.
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3.00 Credits
The structure and function of the respiratory system will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on (1)the physiologic ramifications associated with respiratory therapeutic intervention and (2)interrelationships between the pulmonary and renal systems and how these two systems influence and control the body's acid-base status.
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4.00 Credits
This course will focus on cases involving patients receiving intermittent respiratory care modalities including oxygen and aerosol therapy, resuscitation, airway care, pharmacology, chest physiotherapy, incentive spirometry, and IPPB. Infection control issues will be included. Diagnostic issues include pulmonary function testing and arterial blood gas analysis. Students will discuss the pathophysiology, health promotion and disease prevention aspects of each case. Relevant laboratory exercises will be conducted.
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2.00 Credits
An overview of pharmacological principles will be presented. Emphasis will be given to drugs influencing the respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, and renal systems.
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5.00 Credits
This course will focus on cases involving patients receiving intensive cariorespiratory care modalities including mechanical ventilation, invasive and non-invasive monitoring, artificial airways, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Diagnostic issues will include hemodynamic monitoring and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Students will discuss the pharmacology, pathophysiology, health promotion and disease prevention aspects of each case. Relevant laboratory exercises will be conducted.
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3.00 Credits
Clinical experiences are conducted in the care of patients who are receiving respiratory care modalities, as discussed in the cases in CRC 332. Students prepare and present case studies relevant to this patient population.
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5.00 Credits
Clinical experiences will involve patients who receive intermittent and intensive care modalities and diagnostic procedures discussed in the cases in CRC 335. Students will prepare and present case studies relevant to this patient population.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to assist students prepare for the Entry-Level Examination (ELE) offered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). All the respiratory therapy equipment, therapeutic modalities, therapeutic interventions, medications, and related procedures relevant to the NBRC ELE will be reviewed in the form of practice examinations. The entry-level examination matrix will be used as the main resource for this course.
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2.00 Credits
A survey of research designs, methods, and evaluative techniques, applicable to basic science and clinical research studies.
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