Costa Mesa-headquartered American Career College has gained approval to offer a Respiratory Therapy (RT) program at its Ontario campus, where the program’s initial class will commence on July 20, 2009. Currently, American Career College offers an RT program at its Orange County campus in Anaheim.
“American Career College introduced its first Respiratory Therapy class in September of 2008 at its Orange County campus and judging by that program’s success, we are confident that the Ontario campus will experience a similar response,” commented George Garcia, Director of the Ontario Campus Respiratory Therapy program at American Career College. “The addition of our Ontario program will enable students from the entire Inland Empire region to access our Respiratory Therapy program with ease.”
Graduates of American Career College’s 20-month Respiratory Therapy program not only earn an Associate of Occupational Science degree, but also become eligible to sit for both the entry-level (CRT) and advanced practitioner (RRT) exams offered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Because of this eligibility, students take college-level general education courses, such as in English, math, anatomy and physiology, before moving into the core curriculum. Respiratory-related classes cover such areas as respiratory pharmacology, adult and neonatal/pediatric cardiopulmonary pathophysiology, cardiopulmonary diagnostic testing, and critical care monitoring. An extensive clinical internship allows students to put knowledge to practice and gain critical hands-on experience in a variety of clinical environments.
