Graduates of the Master’s Program in Respiratory Therapy at Universidad de Las Américas are competent health professionals specialized in cardiopulmonary care. Graduates possess a comprehensive education and strong knowledge in the specific field of cardiopulmonary care, enabling them to make decisions oriented toward individual and community well-being and to collaborate with related professionals at national and international levels.
Furthermore, graduates demonstrate a solid understanding of cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology and its interaction with the human body. Graduates evaluate and analyze disorders of the cardiopulmonary system and their impact on daily life. In addition, graduates critically reflect on scientific and technological advances, promoting research grounded in national realities, the search for new therapeutic alternatives, and excellence in professional practice. Graduates also plan and implement cardiopulmonary physiotherapeutic intervention programs, individually and as part of multidisciplinary teams, focused on the promotion, prevention, and treatment of cardiopulmonary dysfunctions. Graduates are proficient in the use of technology as a tool to support evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation, enhancing clinical insight and therapeutic decision-making.
Ultimately, graduates are expected to practice with ethics and respect for the dignity, beliefs, and rights of individuals, using available information to support patient recovery. Graduates demonstrate leadership in developing intersectoral initiatives that benefit both the community and the profession. Moreover, graduates are expected to maintain a critical and reflective stance toward scientific and technological change, commit to continuous professional development, and engage in research activities with ethical responsibility and a strong sense of community. Graduates are prepared to work in critical, acute, moderate, chronic, and home care settings, as well as in pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation.
Program enrollment: Program headcount totals the number of students enrolled yearly.
Graduation rate: is calculated through the 2020-2021 academic year, based on new, first-time students entering in the fall semester, regardless of whether they enroll in the daytime or evening version of their program (if available). These rates do not consider incoming transfer students.
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.