Surgical Technology - Northampton County Area Community College

Surgical Technology from Northampton County Area Community College is a Campus Associate Surgery degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Program Narrative Surgical Technicians are increasingly important members of operating room teams. Working under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses and other surgical personnel, they are vital to providing quality patient care. Northampton\\\'s Associate in Applied Science Degree program prepares students to assist in the operating room. Through our collaborative partnership with St. Luke\\\'s Hospital and Health Network, the program includes exceptional clinical experience. NCC\\\'s Surgical Technician graduates are ready to join the growing healthcare workforce. Courses in the first two semesters provide students with the foundational prerequisites to the clinical experience sequence. Surgical Technology students are oriented to the surgical suite and the daily routine of the facility. They initially observe surgical cases and then begin a gradual progression to assisting in more complex surgical procedures. The Surgical Technology Program consists of 30 credits of course work. Courses prepare graduates to care for patients throughout the lifespan. Concentrated clinical experiences are part of all Surgical Technology courses and are scheduled up to four days a week in an operating room setting. This provides students the opportunity to apply their class work in a real-world setting and incorporate advanced critical thinking. Courses must be taken sequentially. Core Progressive Threads of the Surgical Technology I-IV courses Identify the role of the Surgical Technologist as a member of the surgical team Apply the principles of asepsis in the operating room setting Demonstrate appropriate use and care of basic instruments, equipment, and supplies Demonstrate safe perioperative patient care in basic surgical procedures and in various specialties under the supervision of the operating room team Demonstrate appropriate use and care of specialty instruments, equipment, and supplies Program Goals To produce graduates: who complete the program objectives and associated Surgical Technology competencies. who have a broad knowledge base and the intellectual skills enabling the Surgical Technologist to embrace lifelong learning. who protect themselves, peers, co-workers, and patients from communicable disease and are concerned with patient safety. who are competent to pass the Certification for Surgical Technologist\\\'s examination within one year of completing the program. who meet or exceed the needs of their employers. who have been prepared as competent entry-level surgical technologists in the cognitive (knowledge) psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. to prepare competent entry-level surgical technologists in the cognitive (knowledge) psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. have a broad knowledge base. Upon completion of the program students must demonstrate entry level proficiency in all areas of general surgery and specialty procedures. At a minimal level the student must document a total of eighty (80) procedures in the first scrub (solo) role or with assist. Fifty-five (55) of these procedures must be in the five core areas of General, Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Gynecology and Genitourinary (GU). The remaining twenty-five (25) procedures will be in the specialty areas, such as: Cardiothoracic endoscopy; Ophthalmology; Oral and maxillofacial; Plastic and Reconstructive; Neurosurgery; Cardiothoracic; Peripheral Vascular. A graduate of the Surgical Technology Program must be prepared to show evidence of eighty (80) procedures in order to sit for the credentialing examination. Clinical Case Requirements for the surgical technology students will meet the minimum levels: This includes 80 cases first scrubbed (assisted or solo). At least 25 of these should be solo. Of the assisted cases out of these 80, ten (10) should be Level 1 core cases. Five (5) should be Level 1 Specialty cases. The rest of the assisted cases should be distributed across core and specialty areas. Of the 25 solo cases: ten (10) should be Level 1 Core cases. Procedures that are observed or scrubbed in a role where less than 70% of the 10 points of performance are documented DO NOT count toward meeting the clinical case requirements. This also includes assistant circulating duties. Pass their Certification for Surgical Technologist\\\'s examination within one year of completing the program. View more details on Northampton County Area Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Surgery courses.