{"id":8212,"date":"2025-07-14T18:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/?page_id=8212"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:14:22","slug":"accreditation-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/undergraduate-programs\/respiratory-therapy\/accreditation-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Accreditation Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Respiratory Therapy Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/undergraduate-programs\/respiratory-therapy\/admission\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Admission<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/undergraduate-programs\/respiratory-therapy\/curriculum\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Curriculum and Experiential Learning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/undergraduate-programs\/respiratory-therapy\/accreditation-information\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Mission and Accreditation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/undergraduate-programs\/respiratory-therapy\/resources\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Program Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/30092353\/respiratory-therapy-student-handbook-2027-2028.pdf\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Respiratory Therapy Student Handbook<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/15120121\/butler-respiratory-therapy-program-technical-standards-essential-functions.pdf\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Respiratory Therapy Technical Standards and Essential Functions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/undergraduate-programs\/respiratory-therapy\/respiratory-therapy-faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mission-and-accreditation\">Mission and Accreditation <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Butler is currently in the process of seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/coarc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)<\/a> accreditation for a respiratory care program. However, Butler can provide no assurance that accreditation will be granted by the CoARC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-mission-and-goals\">Program Mission and Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Butler\u2019s professional Respiratory Therapy curriculum develops providers that have received an education grounded in the liberal arts and who will exemplify the ethical and professional standards expected of all healthcare professionals. The program promotes achievement of the defined competencies of the profession and provides a foundation of sufficient scope and depth to prepare students to achieve success as respiratory therapists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bachelor of Science Respiratory Therapy program\u2019s goals are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To prepare leaders for the field of respiratory care by including curricular content with objectives related to the acquisition of skills in one or more of the following: management, education, research and advanced clinical practice (which may include an area of clinical specialization).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-statistics\">Program Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an &#8220;outcomes-based&#8221; process. <a href=\"https:\/\/coarc.com\/students\/ programmatic-outcomes-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Programmatic outcomes<\/a> are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Program data will be reported here once available after the program begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-advisory-council\">Advisory Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jennifer Brink, Chair&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cindy Grande<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rebekah Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roger Jundos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christy Kane, COPHS, ex officio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Morton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rachel Shrontz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bob Siderys, Public Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jennifer Snyder, COPHS, ex officio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Spartz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"footer-contact alignwide has-top-spacing has-bottom-spacing\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__wrapper grid-default\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__columnHeader\">Contact Us<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__columnContent wysiwyg__content\"><p>Christy Kane, PhD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC<\/p>\n<p>College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ckane1@butler.edu\">ckane1@butler.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__columnHeader\">Accreditation Note<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact__columnContent wysiwyg__content\"><p>Butler is currently in the process of seeking CoARC accreditation for a respiratory care program. 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