Surgical Technology FAQ

The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook provides an overview of this field. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos106.htm

Graduates receive a certificate and are eligible to take the Association of Surgical Technologist's certification exam. Graduates may work in hospital surgery or labor and delivery areas, out-patient surgery or as private scrubs for individual doctors.

Where do Surgical Technologist work?

Main Operating Rooms in Acute Care Hospitals
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Labor and Delivery Suites
Traveling Surgical Technologists
Private Technologists for Surgeons
Organ and Tissue Procurement Technicians
Materials or Equipment Managers
Central Service or Sterile Supply Managers
Veterinarian Surgical Assistants
Medical Sales Representatives

What education does a Surgical Technologist need?

A two-semester surgical technology course of classroom, lab, and clinical instruction. The second semester students go to our clinical affiliations at Cox South Medical Center and St. John's Regional Health Center for their clinical education. The surgical technology program also includes Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Medical Terminology, and Pharmacology.

Students must complete at least the minimum requirement of eighty (80) clinical cases as defined by the Association of Surgical Technologists in the Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology, 5th edition. In order to have an opportunity to scrub or assist on the required number and mix of cases, it is essential that students be in attendance each day of clinicals.

All student activities associated with curriculum, especially while students are completing their clinical rotations, will be educational in nature. Students will not be substituted for clinical facility personnel in the capacity of a surgical technologist, nor will they be receiving any monetary remuneration during their educational experience.

Only those students who have performed satisfactorily in the appropriate role on the required number of clinical cases and who have successfully completed all didactic components will be candidates for graduation.

For more information, including requirements for admission, cost, school policies, and application procedures, please call or write:

Allied Health Office
Ozarks Technical Community College
1001 E. Chestnut Expressway
Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 447-8803

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