Surgical Technology

Surgical Technology (Adult Program)

The class schedule and information are found below.

Instructors: John McIntyre

Prerequisites: Pre-admission testing and a personal interview are required.

Weekly Schedule: Classes are daily 8:00 am to 2:30 pm. Clinical days are 6:45 am to 3:15 pm. Clinicals are 5 days per week starting in January and finishing in June.

►Principles of aseptic technique

►scrubbing

►gowning and gloving

►positioning

►prepping and draping

►instrumentation

►back table set-up

►sterilization and disinfection

►vital signs

The Surgical Technology program prepares you to work in the exciting world of the operating room. As technology changes, operating rooms are always in need of well-trained surgical technologists who are willing to continue the learning process throughout their lives.

The Surgical Technology program is a CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs) accredited program, which means that our graduates are eligible to sit for certification by the NBSTSA (National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting). The Surgical Technology program is an eleven month certificate program, in which students will take the National Certification test as a pre-graduate.

The program starts the second week of August and ends the second week of June. Classes are daily 8:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. Monday through Friday the first six months here at Carver Career Center. The last five months is the clinical rotation, clinical days are 6:45 A.M. to 3:15 P.M. Monday through Friday starting in January, finishing in June.

Students will learn the principles of aseptic technique, scrubbing, gowning, gloving, positioning, prepping, draping, instrumentation, back table set-up, sterilization, disinfection, vital signs, Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, and Theory (Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist).