Surgical Technology

Program Overview

Do you thrive in a fast-paced, highly demanding, and rewarding environment? If so, consider becoming a surgical technologist. This exciting career field requires close attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure. During surgery, you’ll work alongside physicians and surgeons and play an essential role in ensuring quality patient care. With our surgical technology training program, you’ll receive the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in this rewarding, challenging field.

Program objectives are designed for students to acquire the necessary attitudes, knowledge, and vital skills of accountability and responsibility in the operating room. The program is divided into classroom and clinical components.

What to expect:

• Gain the knowledge and ability to ensure quality patient care during operative procedures and to be constantly vigilant in maintaining a sterile field.
• Acquire necessary knowledge and vital skills of accountability and responsibility in the operating room.
• Receive classroom and clinical training in surgery departments at hospitals and other outpatient clinical facilities.
• Become certified to work in sterile processing areas after the first section of the program.
• Participate in educational clinical rotations (Students will not be receiving any monetary remuneration during this educational experience, nor will they be substituted for hired staff personnel within the clinical institution, in the capacity of a surgical technologist).
• Learn in simulated surgical environments, prepare, set up, and maintain sterile fields, use sterilization and disinfection procedures, prepare supplies and equipment for surgery, and prepare the patient.

The Surgery Technology program achieves certification from the Certification Examination.

National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
Allied Health Education Programs
11020 King Street, Suite 400
Overland Park, FL 66210
www.ncctinc.com/certifications/tech-in-surgery-certified