Surgical Technology
3 Credit Hours
Students are introduced to the role and responsibilities of the surgical technologist, the healthcare team, and the clinical environment. Topics include environment and workplace safety, patient care and safety, age-extreme patients, and patients with special needs. Students learn the basic techniques for scrubbing, gowning, and gloving. An on-campus operating room laboratory provides students with such hands-on experience as vital signs, patient transporting, and positioning.
2 Credit Hours
Focuses on the identification, classification, care, and handling of surgical instrumentation. Various methods of sterilization are included.
Prerequisite: SUR100
3 Credit Hours
Provides an in-depth study of the principles of aseptic techniques. Topics include wound healing, specimen care, safe use of surgical equipment, surgical counts, and prepping and draping the patient. Various types of sutures, needles, stapling devices, sponges, dressings, packings, drains, and catheters are presented. Students are introduced to robotics, physics, and electricity.
Prerequisite: SUR100
3 Credit Hours
Students practice the principles of aseptic techniques. Emphasis is placed on setting up the instrument table, Mayo stand, and prepping and draping the patient.
Prerequisite: SUR100
Corequisite: SUR112
Prerequisite or Corequisite: SUR110
3 Credit Hours
Focuses on the diagnostic procedures and general, genitourinary, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecological, ear, nose, and throat surgical procedures.
Prerequisites: SUR110, SUR112, SUR115
3 Credit Hours
Students develop an operative routine as they set up for mock surgical procedures and role play the members of the perioperative team.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: SUR120
3 Credit Hours
Focuses on the following surgical specialties: ophthalmology, plastic, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, peripheral vascular, cardiovascular, organ and tissue recovery, and pediatric surgery.
Prerequisites: SUR120, SUR125
2 Credit Hours
The rationale for use of specific drugs, their therapeutic effects, major side effects on the surgical patient, and how these drugs may alter or influence surgical intervention are defined. Emphasis is on the role and responsibilities of the surgical technologist regarding pharmaceuticals in the operating room.
5 Credit Hours
Students apply the didactic and laboratory skills learned throughout the program to the clinical setting, gain clinical work experience in surgical procedures and operating room practices, and also have the opportunity to scrub on surgical cases in various surgical specialties.
Prerequisites: Completion of first four quarters, departmental approval
Prerequisite or Corequisite: SUR220
1 Credit Hour
On-campus seminars focus on integrating the skills learned throughout the program with the work experience. Research assignments required.
Corequisite: SUR280
5 Credit Hours
Continuation of clinical work experience in surgical procedures and operating room practices.
Prerequisites: SUR280, departmental approval
1 Credit Hour
On-campus seminars focus on integrating the skills learned throughout the program with the work experience. Oral presentations required.
Corequisite: SUR290
4 Credit Hours
Designed to elicit reflection and application to the whole of the Surgical Technology program. The course requires the student to apply the knowledge, skills and techniques attained throughout the Surgical Technology program. The Capstone course provides an opportunity for the assessment of surgical technologist critical thinking skills, and teamwork skills through case studies reflecting experiences often encountered in the Surgical Technologist’s workplace. Finally, the Capstone course is developed to reinforce the knowledge and skills needed to sit for the national credentialing exam.
Corequisite: SUR291
