Respiratory Therapy

Respiratory Therapy - Course Map (pdf)

Pre-admission Exam

CastleBranch Requirements and Forms (pdf)

Essential Functions (pdf)

Healthcare Student Handbook (pdf)

Fall start: Petition for program in February (only one time a year)

Deadlines and important dates can be found on:
Cost & Aid Deadlines

Also, you can find dates and deadlines on the MATC Events Calendar

Respiratory Therapy Program Goals

The primary goals of the Respiratory Therapist Program at MATC are to provide students with the knowledge and experience to successfully pass credentialing examinations and excel as passionate, empathic, critically thinking respiratory therapists in the patient care environment. This program is designed to prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by respiratory therapists.

Program Outcomes include:

• Apply respiratory therapy concepts to patient care situations
• Demonstrate technical proficiency required to fulfill the role of a Respiratory Therapist
• Practice respiratory therapy according to established professional and ethical standards

• This program admits students via a waiting list process.
• High school diploma or equivalent

Learn about scholarship opportunities here.

The Milwaukee Area Technical College Respiratory Therapy Program, CoARC program number 200131, A.A.S degree, located at the downtown main campus, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (www.coarc.com).

CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an ‘outcomes based’ process. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented.