1st Draft 2023 CoARC Degree Advancement Standards Revision Survey

1. Instructions For Completing This Survey

The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) is seeking comments from its communities of interest [1] regarding the proposed 2023 Accreditation Standards for Degree Advancement Programs in Respiratory Care.

The CoARC will review these comments and the revision of the DA Standards will be an ongoing item on the CoARC meeting agendas until the 2023 DA Standards receive final approval. After the second draft of these Standards is completed, there will be a call for additional public comment.

This survey is significantly shorter than the last. You will be asked to comment on each section of Standards rather than on each Standard. These changes include:

* Introduction language updated

* Addition of Practitum (Standard 4.9)

* Reinforcement of ESLOs

* Removal of Section 6

Comments must be received by CoARC no later than Sunday, May 15, 2022. Interested parties may comment here on Survey Monkey or using this email address: shelley@coarc.com. It is important that these comments specify to which Standard (i.e. 2.04), section of the Standards (i.e. Introduction), or line number the comment relates. A copy of the 1st Draft of the DA Standards and updates about the Standards review process will be posted on our web page at https://coarc.com/accreditation/degree-advancement-standards/.

We greatly appreciate your time and input

[1] Communities of interest include all the bodies within the CoARC organizational structure; related bodies or organizations (the AARC, the ACCP, the ASA, the ATS, the ASAHP, the SCCM, and the NBRC; RT educational program representatives (CEOs, deans, program directors, directors of clinical education, medical directors, site visitors, and advisory committee members); respiratory therapy educators; practitioners; consumers; employers; regulators (licensure boards, state higher education commissions); recognition bodies (Council for Higher Education Accreditation); accreditors (regional, national, and specialized accreditors); the accrediting membership organization (Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors); students; and the public at large. CoARC reviews the data collected (validity, ease of interpretation, potential issues, positives and negatives regarding drafts of the revised Standards) from all evaluation instruments and feedback from communities of interest.

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* 1. This section of the survey asks for important demographic and contact information.

Name:

Organization:

Address:

Address 2:

City/Town:

State:

ZIP/Postal Code:

Country:

Email Address:

Phone Number:

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* 2. Please complete the information below by checking all that apply. (This information will not be linked to your identifying information and will only be used in the aggregate to allow the CoARC to track the types of individuals submitting comments.)

Which term(s) describe your relationship to the respiratory therapy (RT) educational community?

CoARC site visitor

RT program director

RT director of clinical education

RT medical director (or co-medical director)

RT Advisory Board member

Current RT program faculty assigned at least 0.5 FTE to program (not program director)

Adjunct/instructional faculty in RT program

non-RT staff in RT program

College or university administrator, not RT program director

Clincally practicing RT, currently involved in teaching or precepting in an RT program

Clincally practicing RT, not involved in teaching or precepting in an RT program

RT student

Other health professional not involved as program faculty, adjunct or instructional faculty in program

CoARC Sponsoring Organization Staff

Member of the public

Other, specify

Other (please specify)

The remainder of this survey asks for your comments about the proposed Degree Advancement Standards and allows you to provide comments about each section of the Standards.

You may choose to complete only portions of this survey related to particular Sections. You can enter a survey again later and add additional thoughts.