{"id":33849,"date":"2015-04-20T15:08:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T01:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=33849"},"modified":"2021-09-15T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T00:46:48","slug":"kapiolani-cc-respiratory-care-program-among-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/20\/kapiolani-cc-respiratory-care-program-among-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"<span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Respiratory Care Program among the best"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kapiolani-respiratory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kapiolani-respiratory-care.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kapiolani-respiratory-care.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kapiolani-respiratory-care-260x174.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/academics\/programs-of-study\/respiratory-care-practitioner-program\/\">Respiratory Care Practitioner Program<\/a> is among a select group of nationwide programs that will receive the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist (<abbr>RRT<\/abbr>) Credentialing Success Award by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coarc.com\/\">Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care<\/a>. The <abbr>RRT<\/abbr> credential is a standard for professional achievement that measures a program&#8217;s success in inspiring its graduates to attain their highest educational aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth consecutive year that <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8217;s Respiratory Care Practitioner Program has received this award, which places <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span>&#8217;s program in the top 10 percent of approximately 450 accredited programs nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy J. Rye, president of the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care, stated that in selecting programs for this recognition, the commission board used objective criteria based on key accreditation metrics documented in the <em>2014 Annual Report of Current Status<\/em>. These programs met rigorous requirements, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Having three or more years of outcomes data<\/li>\n<li>Holding accreditation without a progress report<\/li>\n<li>Documenting <abbr>RRT<\/abbr> credentialing success of 90 percent or above<\/li>\n<li>Meeting or exceeding established Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care thresholds for credentialing success, attrition and positive (job) placement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Robert Vega<\/strong>, program director for respiratory care, and <strong>Jung Eun Kim<\/strong>, lead instructor, will travel to Phoenix, Arizona in July to receive a certificate of recognition for the program&#8217;s outstanding commitment to excellence in respiratory care education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8217;s Respiratory Care Program receives distinguished award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[165,63,71],"class_list":["post-33849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-health","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33849"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148107,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33849\/revisions\/148107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}