Health Science Surgical Technology - Berkshire Community College - Great Barrington MA

Health Science Surgical Technology from Berkshire Community College - Great Barrington MA is a Campus Associate Surgery degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Surgical technologists work in the sterile environment with surgeons, anesthesia personnel, and nurses in delivering surgical patient care. Scrub surgical technologists prepare the surgical environment by selecting and assembling sterile supplies and equipment, preparing and maintaining the sterile field throughout surgery, and anticipating the needs of the surgical team by passing instruments and sterile items in an efficient manner. Surgical technologists are employed in hospital-based operating room settings, outpatient surgical centers, maternity units, emergency rooms, central sterile reprocessing units, and in the medical sales field. The McCann surgical technology program, established in 1963, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Graduates are eligible to take the national certification in surgical technology. In 1990 the Association of Surgical Technologists, Inc., declared the associate degree to be the preferred educational model for entry level practice. Students enrolled in the McCann program may begin to take Berkshire Community College courses concurrent with their surgical technology coursework and then continue as full- or part-time student to complete required BCC courses for the associate degree. Other students may wish to pursue some or all of the associate degree requirements at Berkshire Community College before applying to McCann for the surgical technology program. Previous graduates of the McCann program are encouraged to contact Berkshire Community College for specific advising regarding the courses necessary to qualify for the associate degree. View more details on Berkshire Community College - Great Barrington MA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Surgery courses.