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Course Name:Therapeutics of Managing Sleep Apnea 
Course Prefix: REST
Course Number: 3505
             Submitted by (Name & E-Mail):  Dr Paul Eberle, peberle@weber.edu

Current Date:  9/21/2009
College: Health Professions
Department:   Respiratory Therapy                              
From Term: Fall  2010 

Substantive

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Current Course Subject N/A
Current Course Number

REST 3505 Therapeutics of Managing Sleep Apnea (2) Course provides current therapies and interventions for treatment of sleep apneas. Interventions include positive airway pressure therapy (nocturnal CPAP and bi-level CPAP), surgery, and dental devices. Patient compliance and outcomes of these treatments are included. Prerequisites: REST 3501 and REST 3502.

New/Revised Course Information:

Subject:  RESTHY            

Course Number: 2505

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Course Title: Therapeutics of Managing Sleep Apnea

Abbreviated Course Title: Therapeutics Managing Sleep Ap

Course Type:  LEC

Credit Hours:  2  or if variable hours:    to

Contact Hours: Lecture 30  Lab    Other

Repeat Information:  Limit 0   Max Hrs 0 

Grading Mode:  standard

This course is/will be: a required course in a major program
a required course in a minor program
a required course in a 1- or 2- year program
elective

Prerequisites/Co-requisites:

Requires program acceptance or courses in medical terminology, human anatomy and human physiology or REST 3501 and REST 3502.

Course description (exactly as it will appear in the catalog, including prerequisites):

REST 2505/3505 Therapeutics of Managing Sleep Apnea (2) Course provides current therapies and interventions for treatment of sleep apneas. Interventions include positive airway pressure therapy (nocturnal CPAP and bi-level CPAP), surgery, and dental devices. Patient compliance and outcomes of these treatments are included. Students taking REST 3505 are required to write a 6-10 page paper outlining strategis managing sleep apnea. Students taking REST 2505 cannot take REST 3505 for credit. Prerequisites: REST 3501 and REST 3502 or medical terminology, human anatomy and human physiology.

Justification: This course is a program enhancement for respiratory therapists and requisite for AAS in ploysomnography.

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1. Did this course receive unanimous approval within the Department?

true

If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?

2. If this is a new course proposal, could you achieve the desired results by revising an existing course within your department or by requiring an existing course in another department?

No.

3. How will the proposed course differ from similar offerings by other departments? Comment on any subject overlap between this course and topics generally taught by other departments, even if no similar courses are currently offered by the other departments. Explain any effects that this proposal will have on program requirements or enrollments in other department. Please forward letters (email communication is sufficient) from all departments that you have identified above stating their support or opposition to the proposed course.

Not offered.

4. Is this course required for certification/accreditation of a program?

no

If so, a statement to that effect should appear in the justification and supporting documents should accompany this form.

5. For course proposals, e-mail a syllabus to Faculty Senate which should be sufficiently detailed that the committees can determine that the course is at the appropriate level and matches the description. There should be an indication of the amount and type of outside activity required in the course (projects, research papers, homework, etc.).