AI Rate Professor

Respiratory Therapy

Salvador Santana

RT2 · RT1 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Great pick if you are serious about respiratory therapy and ready for intense lab and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerIntense lab workThorough explanationsHard 1-unit classNo textbook requiredCritical thinking exams
  • Strong clinical RT experience and .
  • Courses feel harder than unit load suggests; filters unserious students.
  • Labs and demand heavy study.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

and final, and similar multiple-choice answers mean an A needs serious study.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Students call it extremely difficult and harder than the unit count implies.

All three reviews are in person and stress high difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

At least one recent review lists attendance as .

Only in-person evidence; but RT2 marked mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

Students praise thorough teaching and real RT experience despite the tough workload.

All recommendations come from in-person reviews; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

48/100

; and similar exam answers.

Format shift

In-person only; one B+ reported.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Intense lab manuals, written and oral tests, midterms and .

Format shift

.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

and deep RT experience; can feel rushed on time.

Format shift

All teaching comments are in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Written and , and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and intro courses are intense, thorough, and but heavy study and Google research.

Main concern

Difficulty can exceed a 1-unit course and may push .

What students said

“ and requires study to be prepared for written and oral tests.”
RT2
“This will be the hardest 1-unit ”
RT1
“Although this was an introductory RT class, it felt like a 2nd year class”
RT1

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and critical-thinking clinical scenarios; not described as open-book.

Written and oral testsMultiple midterms and finalMultiple choice with similar answersCritical thinking portion

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, midterms, final, and critical-thinking items with similar MC answers.

Written and oral tests2 midterms and finalSimilar multiple choice answersCritical thinking portion
“ and requires study to be prepared for written and oral tests.”
RT2
“2 mid-terms and a as the multiple choice exams answers are very similar!”
RT1

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“To coin Mr Santana's catch phrase "This will be the hardest 1-unit class you will ever take", & to a certain degree, he's right!”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 in-person and thorough teaching. Credibility rating: Medium.

🧪 Lab Intensity

28/100

“ and requires study to be prepared for written and oral tests.”

👨‍🏫 Teaching Thoroughness

78/100

“Santana is thorough, albeit and gives you multiple ways of learning.”

📈 Difficulty Reality Check

28/100

“I had more trouble with this 1 unit class than I did with my other 4 - 5 unit classes.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and gives you multiple ways of learning
  • He does have a ton of RT experience.
  • No textbook required but be ready to Google.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Extremely difficult class.
  • This will be the hardest 1-unit
  • it felt like a 2nd year class

Theme 3

📝 About Exams

  • prepared for written and oral tests
  • Critical thinking portion of

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Three in-person reviews from 2010-2021 with consistent hard-but-thorough theme; small sample limits certainty.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

RT12 reviews
RT21 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values