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Release Date: 
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Respiratory Therapist Program receives the credentialing award

HFCC's Respiratory Therapist Program recently received the Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).

HFCC's Respiratory Therapist Program will receive a certificate of recognition during the CoARC reception Friday, July 13, at the CoARC’s summer forum in New Mexico. This award is presented as part of the CoARC's continued efforts to value the RRT credential as a standard of professional achievement.

When selecting programs for this recognition, the CoARC Board used objective criteria based on key accreditation metrics documented in the 2011 Annual Report of Current Status (RCS). These programs were required to having three or more years of outcome data; hold accreditation without a progress report; document RRT credentialing success of 90 percent or higher; and meet or exceed established CoARC thresholds for CRT credentialing success, attrition and positive job placement.

'We are pleased with this recognition and we are especially proud of the graduates of our respiratory therapist program.  HFCC has had a dramatic impact on health care in this region with respiratory therapist working in the intensive care units in hospitals from Petoskey, Mich., to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and most hospitals in between,' said Ronald Bodurka, associate dean for Health Careers Education.

To learn more about the HFCC Respiratory Therapist Program, please visit www.hfcc.edu.