Advanced Diploma in Respiratory Therapy (HCP/ICHS)
Ottawa, Canada
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 14,206
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Explore a rewarding career advancing community care with clinical care.
The Respiratory Therapy Ontario College Advanced Diploma program prepares you for success in the profession of respiratory therapy. With access to state-of-the-art equipment, simulation techniques, and clinical placements, you gain the hands-on skills necessary for employment.
Learn to practice competently, safely, and effectively in diverse practice settings. By the end of the program, you demonstrate the ability to work as a team member in support of clients` respiratory care.
You participate in clinical lab simulations and apply theory to clinical practice. You also complete more than 1,200 hours in clinical placements, which may require relocation for a portion of the full placement to another clinical setting across Ontario. These experiences take place in various settings: general wards, emergency departments, neonatal intensive care units, and operating units. Graduates are eligible to take the National Alliance of Respiratory Therapy Regulatory Bodies credential exam, which is required to work in Canada and to use the title of Registered Respiratory Therapist.
Graduates typically find employment:
- As staff therapists in hospitals
- In adult, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units
- In emergency departments and cardiopulmonary diagnostic units
- In the private sector in community care, medical sales, dental offices, or research
Graduates may choose to pursue post-graduate studies in areas such as polysomnography, anesthesia assistant, or cardiopulmonary perfusion.
Ideal Students
This program is well-suited for students who:
- Can work effectively in stressful situations
- Have strong observational and analytical skills
- Possess an applied technical aptitude
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills while interacting with patients, their families, and other members of the healthcare team.
Admissions
Curriculum
Level 01
- ENL1813S Communications I
- PSY1757 Psychosociology
- RES1104 Practice Foundations and Legalities
- RES4810 Medical Gas Therapy - Theory
- RES4812 Anatomy and Physiology I
- RES4815 Medical Gas Therapy - Laboratory
- RES4817 Applied Respiratory Sciences
Level 02
- BIO4316 Pathophysiology I
- RES4801 Basic Respiratory Protocols Theory
- RES4802 Anatomy and Physiology II
- RES4803 Principles of Mechanical Ventilation Theory
- RES4821 Basic Respiratory Protocols - Laboratory
- RES4825 Pharmacology
- RES4844 Pulmonary Diagnostics - Theory
- RES4872 Principles of Mechanical Ventilation Lab
Level 03
- BIO4317 Pathophysiology II
- RES2365 Applied Mechanical Ventilation Laboratory I
- RES4830 Advanced Respiratory Protocols - Theory
- RES4831 Advanced Respiratory Protocols - Laboratory
- RES4845 Pulmonary Diagnostics - Laboratory
- RES4854 Clinical Practicum I
- RES4855 Principles of Blood Analysis (Theory and Lab)
- RES4858 Applied Mechanical Ventilation - Theory
Level 04
- ENL1938 Professional Communication for Respiratory Therapists
- RES4832 Neonatal and Paediatric Care
- RES4847 Applied Mechanical Ventilation - Laboratory II
- RES4848 Anesthesia
- RES4849 Research, Ethics, and Healthcare Issues
- RES4851 Cardiopulmonary Management - Theory
- RES4857 Cardiopulmonary Management Lab
- RES4870 Patient Care Lab
- RES4871 Clinical Practicum II
Level 05
- RES4853 Clinical Practicum III - Hospital Training
- RES4875 Comprehensive Examination
Level 06
- RES4859 Patient Case Study
- RES4863 Clinical Practicum IV - Hospital Training
Program Outcome
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Provide cardio-respiratory care in compliance with relevant legislation, professional standards, codes of ethics, and practice-setting policies and procedures
- Use preventive measures that contribute to a culture of patient and employee health and safety within a range of practice settings
- Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships and communicate in a culturally sensitive manner with diverse patients/clients and their families to support cardio-respiratory health
- Collaborate with patients/clients and members of the inter-professional health care team to optimize cardio-respiratory health and well-being
- Assess and interpret relevant diagnostic and patient information when treating patients/clients who are experiencing a range of cardio-respiratory conditions
- Develop patient`s/client`s plan of care in collaboration with patients/clients and health care team members by identifying priorities, establishing goals, and determining interventions to support optimal cardio-respiratory outcomes
- Select, implement, evaluate, and modify therapeutic cardio-respiratory interventions to provide evidence-based, patient-centered care in a range of practice settings
- Develop, implement, and evaluate cardio-respiratory-related learning plans in collaboration with patients/clients, families, and healthcare team members to support client independence and self-management
- Complete written and electronic documentation of patient/client care to meet legal, organizational, and professional requirements
- Read, interpret, and participate in research and use relevant evidence-based findings to inform and guide respiratory therapy practice
- Engage in reflective practice and ongoing professional development activities to maintain and enhance competence in the field of respiratory therapy
- Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment, and environmental stewardship.
Career Opportunities
Successful completion of the National Alliance of Respiratory Therapy Regulatory Bodies credential exam allows graduates to work in Canada. This exam is conducted by the Canadian Board of Respiratory Care (CBRC). Students apply to the CBRC in the third year of the program to write the exam upon graduation. Graduates and Registered Respiratory Therapists working in regulated provinces must be members of their Regulatory College, the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario (CRTO).
Graduates typically find employment as staff therapists in hospitals. They work wards, adult, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units, emergency departments, and cardiopulmonary diagnostic units. Graduates may also find employment in the private sector in community care, medical sales, physicians` or dental offices, or research. Graduates may pursue post-graduate studies in such areas as polysomnography, anesthesia assistant, or cardiopulmonary perfusion.
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