The Advanced Practice Respiratory Therapist (APRT) is a new healthcare practitioner trained to provide a scope of practice that exceeds that of the registered respiratory therapist (RRT) and is aligned with an advanced practice provider (APP) role. As part of a physician-led team, APRTs are trained to provide diagnostic and therapeutic patient care services in multiple settings across the health care spectrum, including critical care, acute and sub-acute inpatient care, and outpatient care such as preventative, ambulatory, and chronic care. Competency domains that must be included in accredited APRT education programs include medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, patient care, professionalism, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice. Some of the individual competencies included in these domains must be incorporated into didactic coursework, some into laboratory and simulation activities, and all competencies must be incorporated into clinical coursework. Pre-clinical preparation of the APRT student includes coursework with other APP students and other health professions students, and courses created specifically to address the required competency domains. APRT students also complete a variety of patient simulations using standardized patients, task trainers, and patient simulators to ensure they are prepared to complete clinical education. The clinical courses include a minimum of 1,200 hours of supervised practice by a licensed physician in outpatient clinics, interventional pulmonology, inpatient pulmonary services, peri-operative services, and intensive care units. The APRT is trained to assess patients, develop care plans, order, evaluate and modify care based on each patient's response, and can be incorporated as a valuable member of the cardiopulmonary patient care team.

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“创建高级实践呼吸治疗 （APRT） 教育计划”。


高级执业呼吸治疗师 （APRT） 是一名新的医疗保健从业者，经过培训可提供超出注册呼吸治疗师 （RRT） 的执业范围，并与高级执业提供者 （APP） 的角色保持一致。作为医生领导团队的一部分，APRT 接受过培训，可以在医疗保健领域的多种环境中提供诊断和治疗患者护理服务，包括重症监护、急性和亚急性住院护理，以及门诊护理，如预防、门诊和慢性护理。经认可的 APRT 教育计划必须包含的能力领域包括医学知识、人际交往和沟通技巧、患者护理、专业精神、基于实践的学习和改进以及基于系统的实践。这些领域中包含的一些个人能力必须纳入教学课程，一些必须纳入实验室和模拟活动，并且所有能力都必须纳入临床课程。APRT 学生的临床前准备包括与其他 APP 学生和其他卫生专业学生的课程作业，以及专门为解决所需能力领域而创建的课程。APRT 学生还使用标准化患者、任务训练器和患者模拟人完成各种患者模拟，以确保他们为完成临床教育做好准备。临床课程包括由持证医师在门诊、介入肺病学、住院肺病学、围手术期服务和重症监护病房进行的至少 1,200 小时的监督实践。 APRT 经过培训，可以评估患者、制定护理计划、根据每位患者的反应订购、评估和修改护理，并且可以成为心肺患者护理团队的重要成员。