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RPTH 400 - Respiratory Care
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Respiratory Care (RPTH) Courses
RPTH 410 Introduction to Patient Care & Respiratory Assessment Techniques
RPTH 415 Respiratory Pharmacology
RPTH 420 Application of Cardiopulmonary Anatomy & Physiology
RPTH 430 Introduction to Respiratory Therapeutics
RPTH 438 Clinical Clerkship I
RPTH 445 Respiratory Diseases I
RPTH 448 Clinical Clerkship II
RPTH 450 Respiratory Diseases II
RPTH 458 Clinical Clerkship III
RPTH 460 Respiratory Critical Care
RPTH 480 Diagnostic/Interventional Procedures and Outpatient Respiratory Care
RPTH 485 Clinical Medicine Seminar and Professional Development
RPTH 488 Clinical Rotation IV and Respiratory Care Internship
RPTH 490 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
RPTH 495 Respiratory Care Board Examination Preparation and Review
RPTH 665 Selected Topics in Respiratory Care
RPTH B10 Advanced Cardiopulmonary Respiratory Care
RPTH B15 Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care
RPTH B20 Advanced Respiratory Case Management
RPTH B30 Principles of Health Education
RPTH B40 Health Care Research Design and Methodology
RPTH B50 Respiratory Care Leadership and Management I
RPTH B52 Respiratory Care Leadership and Management II
RPTH B60 Advanced Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
RPTH B90 Respiratory Care Capstone Project
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