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ABOUT US
The Department of Respiratory Therapy 

Welcome! Our University houses the country's largest baccalaureate school for Respiratory Therapy, while other programs only offer an associate degree. An increasing number of employers are looking for candidates with a bachelor's degree and we are here to meet that need for you!

For your convenience, we offer our Respiratory Therapy associate and bachelor's degree programs in three locations: Weber State University's main campus in Ogden, UT,  Davis campus in Layton, UT and Farmington Station, Farmington, UT.

 

 ACCREDITATION
  Along with WSU's Regional Accreditation, our individual programs are accredited with their appropriate associations  

 



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    Our program is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). "The mission of the CoARC is to ensure that high quality educational programs prepare graduates to be competent respiratory therapists with proficiency in practice, education, research and service."

    CoARC publishes graduate students' outcomes for all programs.

    We offer (CoARC Program # 200127), (CoARC Program # 300029) and (CoARC Program # 300030)

    Weber State University Respiratory Therapy, CoARC 200127 (Ogden Cohort), 300029 (Davis Cohort),  300030 (Farmington Cohort), BS Degree, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (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.

    Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the goals of the program are achieved and the program effectiveness. The outcomes reported on the CoARC website are within a 3-year time period and include: CRT credentialing success; RRT credentialing success; achievement of the high cut score on the TMC Exam (beginning 2018); retention (attrition); job placement; overall graduate satisfaction; overall employer satisfaction; on-time graduation rate; total number of program enrollees; total number of program graduates; and maximum annual enrollment.

    Learn more about CoARC here.

ACCREDITATION STANDARDS
for entry into respiratory care professional practice

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).
 
To prepare leaders for the field of respiratory care by including curricular content with objectives related to the acquisition of skills in one or more of the following: management, education, research and advanced clinical practice (which may include an area of clinical specialization).
 

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