I'm giving the program two stars because of the childish behavior displayed by the program director. He's managed to alienate the school from the rest of the local RT community. The dislike for him in the RT community and his egotisticle behavior is so bad, that students need to travel as far away as Walla Walla, Wa for clinicals. Only a few hospitals close to Renton and Seattle have a relationship with Pima's RT program. This adds an additional cost to the already $35,000 tuition. Be prepared to pay for a room and travel expenses for 20 weeks. There are some very bright people in my class that will be good respiratory therapists, and it's a shame that they're going to have to overcome his reputation to get hired after graduation. There are some positive things about the program. The teachers are very knowledgable, experienced, and care about the students. It's accelerated so you will be done in 22 months and the program has a high pass rate of the NBRC exam. So if you don't want it to take 3 1/2 years at a community college to get an associates degree, then I would recommend the program.
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