Talk:Timeline of respiratory therapy

very united states

international history is sortof hard to come by and I dont know if its appropriate to write "in the United States" on 99% of the lines, so how should this be handled? Je.rrt (talk) 02:09, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Events that need to be worked in.

• 1950-Standards for inhalation therapy schools (Barach AL, et al.)
• 1960–Registry credentialing system; written & oral exams given by Registry of Inhalation Therapists (ARITcurrently the National Board for Respiratory Care)
• 1963–Board of Schools (accreditation under AMA Council on Medical Education and Hospitals)
• 1967–Minimum length of education programs set at 18 months
• 1969–Establishment of certified inhalation therapy technician and examination system by American Association

of Inhalation Therapy (AAIT-currently the American Association for Respiratory Care)

• 1970–Incorporation of Joint Review Committee for Respiratory Therapy Education (JRCRTE- currently

Committee for Accreditation of Respiratory Care) replaces Board of Schools.

• 1970–Graduation from an AMA approved therapist program plus 62 semester hours of college credit required of

all ARIT applicants

• 1971–Study of Accreditation of Selected Health Education Programs (SASHEP)
• 1977–AMA CME withdraws as overseer of allied health education, Committee on Health Education

Accreditation (CAHEA) established

• 1986–JRCRTE Essentials support basis of accreditation on outcome of education
• 1994–CAHEA restructured to Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
• 1992-1993–AARC’s Educational Consensus Conferences
• 2002–Agreement of NBRC, JRCRTE & AARC to set associate degree as minimum academic level for

professional entry

• 2003–AARC published “white paper” Development of Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees in Respiratory Care.
• 2008–AARC sponsors 1st “Creating a vision for respiratory care 2015 and beyond conference”
• 2009–AARC sponsors 2nd 2015 Conference “Educating the Future Respiratory Therapist Workforce –

Identifying the Options”

• 2009–CoARC separates from CAAHEP and becomes the Commission for Accreditation of Respiratory Care
• 2010–CoARC New standards go into effect June 10, 2010, certified respiratory therapist (level 100) programs

no longer eligible for accreditation

• 2010–AARC sponsors 3rd 2015 Conference to identify the education to prepare graduate therapists and the

workforce in 2015 and beyond

Source: The AARC

new name

This probably needs to be renamed "Timeline of respiratory care" as that seems to be the topic of the article. ^{pulmonological} 14:52, 25 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pulmonological (talk • contribs)