Mansfield, USA
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Introduction
The Mansfield University Respiratory Therapy Program is a full-time, four-year, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree program. It is a collaborative program with Mansfield University's Department of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. Students spend the first two years on the campus in Mansfield, PA completing program pre-requisites and general education courses. After meeting the program pre-requisites, students will spend their second two years plus one summer engaging in respiratory specific didactic course, clinical courses and hands on experiences at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, where they complete classroom and clinical experience. Students will also have the opportunity to rotate to several other clinical affiliates gaining valuable hands on clinical experiences.
The respiratory therapy courses consist of tightly coordinated classroom, laboratory and clinical training conducted Monday through Friday primarily during the day. In all clinical courses, the clinical instructor provides ongoing feedback to the student through weekly written performance evaluations. Each student provides the program with weekly feedback through completion of online clinical instructor and rotation evaluation surveys.
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital is the primary site of clinical training. Each student's clinical experience assignments will also include rotations to Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, NY; Corning Hospital, Corning, NY; United Health Services Wilson Regional Medical Center, Johnson City, NY; Danville Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA; Troy Community Hospital, Troy, PA; and Guthrie Med Supply Depot, Sayre, PA.At the end of their studies, students are awarded the BS in Respiratory Care and are immediately eligible to sit for the Therapist Multiple Choice Exam (TMC) and the Clinical Simulation Exam (CSE) given by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) to obtain their Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential.
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