The Department's program in respiratory therapy is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). The program holds 10-yr accreditation through July 31, 2031. Our CoARC program reference number is 200251. The polysomnography component of the curriculum is not accredited.
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
www.coarc.com
Phone: 817.283.2835
Fax: 817.354.8519
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.
The link to programmatic outcomes for our program and all other programs accredited
by CoARC is
https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/.
The Department's program in adult cardiac sonography is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Cardiovascular Technology. The program in noninvasive vascular study is not accredited. Graduates who attain the RDCS credential from the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) are immediately eligible to take the registered vascular technologist (RVT) exam offered by ARDMS.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
9355 113th St N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
727-210-2350
www.caahep.org