Surgical Technology Program Features
The Surgical Technology program prepares students to function in the operating room environment by combining classroom and simulated laboratory Instruction with actual surgical clinical experiences. Successful completion of the program allows graduates to take the national certification examination to become a certified surgical technologist (CST). Students may request consideration for advanced placement by submitting an official transcript of coursework. This program does not offer credit for experiential learning. The Associate of Applied Science degree is typically a 2-year program that Includes all prerequisite, general education, and program coursework. As a condition of participation In SGT119 Clinical I and SGT129 Clinical II, students do not receive any compensation from WSU Tech or the clinical affiliate. Students assist physicians during surgical procedures, but at no time are they substituted for a health care facility staff members.
The WSU Tech Surgical Technology program is aligned with the National Center for Education Statistics CIP code 51.0909: Surgical Technology/Technologist prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and surgical nurses, to maintain, monitor, and enforce the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Includes instruction in instrument and equipment sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring, maintenance of hemostasis, and patient and team scrubbing.
Students that became Certified Surgical Technologist through the NBSTSA (National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting)
Certification Pass Rates (pass rate on first attempt):
Degree and Certificate Options
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Accreditation
WSU Tech is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The Higher Learning Commission
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Students interested in this program are eligible to apply for federal financial aid.
The Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA)
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
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Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs
CAAHEP HAS MOVED – THE NEW ADDRESS IS:
9355 113th St N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting ARC/STSA
19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 339
Parker, CO 80138
Phone: 303-694-9262
Fax: 303-741-3655
info@arcstsa.org
To prepare entry-level Surgical Technologists who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
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