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Outstanding Site Visitor Award Presentation at AARC International Congress
The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) recognizes up to two active Site Visitors annually, for dedicated service and outstanding contributions to the CoARC’s mission of ensuring the high quality of respiratory care education. Nominations are made by the CoARC Commissioners.
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications for a Site Visitor as described in the CoARC Site Visitor Policies and Procedures Manual, a nominee must have participated in at least three (3) CoARC site visits within the past two (2) years by the nomination deadline. In addition, nominees must not have any negative evaluations within the same two-year period, and have provided a special contribution to the site visit process.
The award was named for Dr. Ralph Kendall, MD as a permanent expression of CoARC’s grateful recognition of his outstanding service as a site visitor and mentor. Dr. Kendall became a site visitor for CoARC in 1989 and has performed approximately 26 site visits over the past 4 years. Dr. Kendall also served as Chair of the CoARC Site Visit Subcommittee from 2003 to 2009. His expertise and assistance to program personnel and in training new site visitors is unparalleled and through the establishment of this award will not be forgotten. | 
| The second annual Dr. Ralph Kendall, MD Outstanding Site Visitor Award was presented to Leann Papp, EdS, RN, RRT, RCP. Ms. Papp became a site visitor for CoARC in 2006 and has participated in 21 on-site reviews the past 5 years. She has been very helpful and flexible by serving on 7 site visit teams this year and organized 6 of those visits by serving as team captain. Ms. Papp has been described as professional, organized, courteous, helpful, and very explicit with information related to accreditation process. This type of dedication and service to this valuable portion of the accreditation process should not go unnoticed.
THANK YOU!
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| PREVIOUS OUTSTANDING SITE VISITORS | 2010 - Michael W. Prewitt, PhD, RRT |
2009 CoARC Excellence in Respiratory Care Education Award
In 2009, the CoARC used objective threshold criteria for the 2009 Excellence in Respiratory Care Education Award; all 200-level accredited programs with 90% or higher RRT credentialing success for the most recent three-year graduate cohort, as reported on the 2008 Annual Report, were recognized if they also met or exceeded attrition and job placement thresholds. RRT credentialing success is calculated from the 2008 Annual Report by dividing the cumulative number of graduates earning the RRT credential for the years 2007, 2006 and 2005 by the total number of graduates the program produced in those years. Ten out of approximately 400 programs in the country met these criteria and received the 2009 CoARC Excellence in Respiratory Care Education Award during a CoARC reception preceding the AARC Summer Forum. | | 
| back row left to right:
Brian Parker, Baptist College of Health Sciences
Vanessa King, University of Minnesota Rochester
Erna Boone, UAMS
Christine Sperle, St. Alexius/University of Mary
Doug Pursley, Ozarks Technical Community College
front row left to right:
Diane Oldfather, Rolla Technical Center
Dr. Mishoe
Shawna Strickland, University of Missouri-Columbia
Robyn Urlacher, ND State/MeritCare
Those not pictured:
Christy Kane, Bellarmine
Perry Sheppard, Forsyth |
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| | 2008 CoARC Excellence in Respiratory Care Education Award |
CoARC presented its second annual CoARC Award for Excellence in Respiratory Therapy Education to Youngstown State University’s Respiratory Care Program at a reception for educators held in conjunction with the 2008 American Association for Respiratory Care Summer Forum in Phoenix, Arizona (July 11-13). Graduates of the Ohio-based program earn a baccalaureate degree in respiratory care. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding programs that go beyond meeting the standards for accreditation. Youngstown State’s program was selected from a group of 14 nominees for its noteworthy achievements in distinguished leadership within the profession, distinction in the area of teaching, demonstrated major contributions to the respiratory care profession, and student and faculty community involvement.
Louis N. Harris, Ed.D, RRT started the Youngstown State program in 1977, serving as its program director until his retirement in May, 2008. For most of these years Janet Boehm, MS, RRT (former AARC president) served as the director of clinical education, retiring in May 2007. The current program director, Terry Volsko, MHHS, RRT, FAARC, and the director of clinical education, Mary Yacovone, MS, RRT were early graduates of the program. Dr. Harris and Ms. Volsko accepted the plaque and monetary award in the presence of approximately 85 reception attendees.
Congratulations to the Respiratory Care program at Youngstown State University for its excellence in Respiratory Care education! | 
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| 2007 CoARC Excellence in Respiratory Care Education Award | East Tennessee State University receives inaugural
CoARC Award for Excellence in Respiratory Therapy Education
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