Respiratory Care

The Bachelor of Applied Science degree with a major in Respiratory Care is designed to prepare students to become respiratory therapists with advanced-level clinical skills. This two-year upper division program builds on lower-division transfer curriculum in liberal arts and health sciences, or prior respiratory care certification. The BAS-RC major combines professional, medical, and technical curriculum to promote professional advancement and clinical specialization in respiratory care.

Specifically, the degree program:

Develops respiratory care practitioners by providing them with advanced-level clinical skills
Supports career advancement through professional course work and clinical experiences that lead to a baccalaureate degree
Prepares advanced practitioner respiratory therapists to serve as consultants to physicians and other medical staff
Provides specialized clinical study opportunities in:
- Adult critical care and patient transport
- Newborn and pediatric critical care
- Cardiopulmonary diagnostics-pulmonary function testing
- Polysomnography (evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing)
- Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, case management in asthma and COPD, and smoking cessation and lung health counseling

This major is an academic partnership between the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and the University of Minnesota. Students admitted into the program have dual student status in the Mayo School of Health Sciences within the Mayo College of Medicine, and the University of Minnesota.

This unique academic partnership offers students an extensive range of opportunities and services. Mayo School of Health Sciences (MSHS) provides the clinical faculty, course work and practicum experiences at Mayo Clinic-Rochester and other facilities within the Mayo Health System. In addition, MSHS offers students access to Mayo Clinic medical conferences, libraries, computer center, and financial aid. The University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education (CCE) awards the BAS degree, and provides program administration, academic oversight, academic course work and faculty, services and support for curriculum, faculty and technology development, academic admissions and advising. The University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) provides career and program pre-advising, student services, administrative support and classroom facilities.




	The Bachelor of Applied Science in Respiratory Care is an academic partnership degree.

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