Offered Fall, Spring & Summer semesters unless stated otherwise:
- RESP 400 Advanced Critical Care (5) Offered Fall
semester only
- RESP 401 Neonatal Respiratory Care (4) Offered
Fall semester only
- RESP 402 Pulmonary Rehabilitation (3) Offered Summer
& Fall semester only
- RESP 405 Ethics, Law and Health Care (2) Offered
Fall & Spring semester only
- RESP 425 Advanced Critical Care Procedures (2)
Offered Fall & Spring semester only
- RESP 490 Special Studies (1-9) Contact advisor before enrolling in this course
- RESP 661 Management Principles in Health Care (3)
Offered Fall semester only
- RESP 662 Education Principles in Health Care (2)
Offered Spring semester only
- RESP 663 Scientific Investigations I (1)
- RESP 664 Scientific Investigations II (1)
- RESP 665 Scientific Investigations III (1)
Students must take both of the following courses in a specialty area (Neonatal Critical Care, Adult Critical Care, Pulmonary Rehabilitation,
Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Polysomnography, or Hyperbaric Therapy).
- RESP 671 Clinical Specialty Projects I (5)
- RESP 672 Clinical Specialty Projects II (5)
Progression through the program is easier if the student remains enrolled.
Any missed fall or spring semester will require the student undergo a
reactivation process to regain student status. Any student who is
not enrolled continuously throughout their program for each fall and spring
semester is discontinued as of the 20th day of that semester in which
they do not enroll. Once a student is discontinued, the student must complete
and sign a form to be 'reactivated' and return it to the KUMC Registrar's
Office.
RESP 400 Advanced
Critical Care (5). This course focus is on the advanced medical and respiratory
care of the critically ill adult patient. Emphasis is placed on cardiopulmonary
assessment and treatment of trauma, post-surgical, cardiac and renal patients.
Students enrolled in this course will concurrently receive instruction
in advance cardiac life-support. Prerequisite: Senior year standing or
permission of instructor.
RESP 401 Neonatal
Respiratory Care (4). This course is designed to provide the student with
an introductory knowledge of fetal and newborn cardiorespiratory anatomy,
physiology, development, pathophysiology and care. Prerequisite: Senior
year standing or permission of instructor.
RESP 402 Pulmonary
Rehabilitation (3). This course focuses on the interdisciplinary approach
to the rehabilitation of the adult pulmonary patient. Emphasis will be
placed upon the multidisciplinary assessments, treatments and therapeutic
techniques that the pulmonary rehabilitation team provides. The course,
in conjunction with a specialty practicum, is designed to prepare the
respiratory therapist for practice in a rehabilitation speciality. Prerequisite:
Senior year standing or permission of instructor.
RESP 405 Ethics, Law
and Health Care (2). This course will provide a forum for discussion of
current ethical, legal and professional issues. We will refer to historical
and emerging controversies in health care and society that influence the
patient-patient care giver relationship. The method of instruction will
primarily be student presentation and classroom discussion of current
issues. Prerequisite: Senior year standing.
RESP 425 Advanced
Critical Care Procedures (2). This course affords the senior respiratory
care student with the opportunity to practice advanced evaluative and
procedural skills in the intensive care setting. Emphasis is placed on
quantitative assessment techniques, refinement of monitoring procedures,
and interpretation of data. Prerequisite: RESP 375 or equivalent.
RESP 490 Special Studies
(1-9). This course involves individual
study, research or projects in the field of respiratory care under instructor
guidance. Written reports and periodic conferences are required. Content
and unit credit will be determined by student-instructor conference an/or
departmental conferences. This course may be repeated for a maximum of
twelve credits. Prerequisite: Admission to the respiratory care program
and consent of instructor.
RESP 661 Management
Principles in Health Care (3). Introduction to basic principles of management
and their application in the current healthcare environment. Course content
includes: management theory, scope of management, quality issues, budgeting,
personnel issues, and evaluation and application of management concepts.
This course is required for several programs in the SAH. Prerequisite:
Senior year standing or permission of instructor.
RESP 662 Education
Principles in Health Care (2). An introduction to basic principles of
education and their application to the current health care environment.
Course content includes information on designing a lecture or course for
the classroom, as an in-service or in a continuing education program.
It focuses on assessing educational needs, organizing instruction, instructional
methods and evaluation. Prerequisite: Senior year standing or permission
of instructor.
RESP
663, 664, 665 Scientific Investigations I, II & III (3). These
courses provide the student with the opportunity to gain experience in
application of the scientific method. Emphasis will be on literary inquiries,
statistical analysis, research design and the preparation of material
for publication. The student will develop an independent project on thesis
proposal with the aid of a faculty advisor, and prepare and submit a final
report prior to graduation. Prerequisite: A course in statistics and permission
of instructor .
RESP 671 Clinical
Specialty Projects I (5). Designed to give the student the opportunity
to develop clinically-related projects in the areas of quality improvement,
health care organizational structures and current processes in patient
management. Prerequisite: RESP 400, RESP 401 and RESP 402.
RESP 672 Clinical
Specialty Projects II (5). Designed to have the student demonstrate competency
related to clinical processes in one of the specific advanced practice
specialties: critical care, neonatal, pediatrics, pulmonary rehabilitation,
pulmonary functions, sleep, hyperbaric oxygen, management or education.
Prerequisite: RESP 400, RESP 401 and RESP 402.
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