OTC and STLCC earn initial approval to offer bachelor’s degrees in respiratory therapy

Missouri’s Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE) approved Ozarks Technical Community College and St. Louis Community College to offer bachelor’s degrees in respiratory therapy. This marks the first time any community college in Missouri has been approved to offer bachelor’s degrees in any subject. The approval by CBHE is the first step in a multi-tiered…

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OTC’s respiratory therapy program earns national recognition

Ozarks Technical Community College’s respiratory therapy program received the Registered Respiratory Therapist Credentialing Success Award from CoARC, the Committee of Accreditation for Respiratory Care. OTC respiratory therapy staff accepted the award during the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, held June 25 in Tucson, Ariz. Eighty-seven programs received the award this year. OTC’s respiratory therapy program is…

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OTC’s respiratory therapy program earns national recognition

Ozarks Technical Community College’s respiratory therapy program received the Registered Respiratory Therapist Credentialing Success Award from CoARC, the Committee of Accreditation for Respiratory Care. OTC respiratory therapy staff accepted the award during the American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum, held June 26, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla. Seventy-eight programs received the award this year. OTC’s…

OTC’s respiratory therapy program receives national recognition

Ozarks Technical Community College’s respiratory therapy program received the 2015 Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapy Credentialing Success Award from CoARC, the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care. CoARC created the award to honor respiratory therapy programs that achieve high academic outcome measurements. To meet the award’s criteria, respiratory therapy programs had to achieve the following objectives:…