Program Title
Interventional Pulmonology
TOPs Code
Respiratory Care/Therapy (121000)
Projected Start Date
04/01/2018
Program Description
The Certificate of Achievement in Interventional Pulmonology is an interprofessional education program, which provides respiratory therapists, physician assistants and nurses with advanced training in interventional pulmonology, including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
Enrollment Completer Projections
In summer of 2017, the first two Interventional Pulmonology courses, RSPT 82 and 83, were offered. Enrollment was 27 in each course with a productivity at census of 409 each. In fall 2017, RSPT 84 and 85 were offered with 25 and 23 students, respectively. There was only “word of mouth” marketing done for this initial launch, therefore with marketing and outreach, we suspect the enrollment could be much higher. All courses are offered online with the exception of the clinic rotations in winter and spring (RSPT 87A and 87B). With effective marketing the projected enrollment for courses in this certificate program to grow as high as 35. As the field grows, the program could take as many as 100 students per year if marketed nationally.
Year 1 Year 2
Course # Course Title Annual Sections Annual Enrollment Annual Sections Annual
Enrollment
RSPT 82 Orientation to Interventional Pulmonology 1 35 1 35
RSPT 83 Case-Based Analysis & Critical Thinking in Diagnostic Interventional Pulmonology 1 35 1 35
RSPT 84 Fundamentals of Pulmonary Disease 1 35 1 35
RSPT 85 Interventional Pulmonology Theory & Application 1 35 1 35
RSPT 86 Interventional Pulmonology Procedures 1 35 1 35
RSPT 87A Interventional Pulmonology Clinical Internship I 1 35 1 35
RSPT 87B Interventional Pulmonology Clinical Internship II 1 35 1 35
RSPT 88 Interventional Pulmonology Research Project 1 35 1 35