STS2304 Surgical Tech Practicum I
250 hours, 8 credits

This course is designed to provide students with a clinical experience that includes a solid introduction to the operating room, and to scrub and circulating routines. This course functions to expand and apply knowledge gained in the Surgical Procedures courses. One of the assumptions of this curriculum is that the student who has passed the Clinical Readiness portion of the program will be ready to apply knowledge by scrubbing and circulating in a supervised setting beginning Week 1 of this course.

Prerequisites: STS2305 , E242

STS1260 Surgical Pharmacology
20 hours, 2 credits

Students in this course will demonstrate an understanding of pharmacology and anesthesia concepts and their applications related to the field of surgical technology. They will study anesthesia methods, agents, and techniques of administration. They will also be able to define terminology related to pharmacology, identify medications used on surgical patients, and describe safe practices of medication handling in the surgical environment.

Prerequisites: STS1005C

STS2080C Surgical Procedures II
70 hours, 4 credits

This course further expands upon the duties and responsibilities as the role of scrub in the field of surgical technology. Surgical areas explored and applied in this course include genitourinary, ophthalmologic, otorhinolaryngologic, maxillofacial, and plastic and reconstructive surgery. This course is a preparatory class for Surgical Procedures III and Surgical Practicum I and II.

Prerequisites: STS1186C

STS2305 Surgical Tech Practicum II
250 hours, 8 credits

This course is designed to provide students with a clinical experience that includes a solid introduction to the operating room, and to scrub and circulating routines. This course functions to expand and apply knowledge gained in the Surgical Procedures courses and the Surgical Tech Practicum I clinical experience. One of the assumptions of this curriculum is that the student who has passed Surgical Practicum I will continue to apply knowledge by scrubbing and circulating in a supervised setting beginning Week 1 of this course.

Prerequisites: STS2304

STS1186C Surgical Procedures I
70 hours, 4 credits

This course will expand on the duties and responsibilities as the role of scrub or STSR and circulator in the field of surgical technology. Areas explored and applied in this course include wound healing, surgical case management, instrumentation, diagnostic procedures, minimally invasive surgery, robotics, general, obstetrics, and gynecologic surgery. This course is a preparatory class for Surgical Procedures II.

Prerequisites: STS1005C

Corequisites: BSC2094C

STS1347 Surgical Microbiology
20 hours, 2 credits

This course has been designed to educate the student in the treatment of the disease-causing organisms that may present with a surgical patient or develop post-surgery as an acquired infection. This course specifically addresses the needs of the surgical technologist in maintaining aseptic techniques and caring for surgical patients before, during, and after surgery.

Prerequisites: STS1005C

STS2180C Surgical Procedures III
70 hours, 4 credits

This course will expand on the duties and responsibilities as the role of scrub in the field of surgical technology. Surgical areas explored and applied in this course include orthopedic, peripheral vascular, cardiothoracic, pediatric, neurosurgery, and trauma surgery. This course is a preparatory class for Surgical Practicum I and II.

Prerequisites: STS2080C

STS1005C Fundamentals of Surgical Technology
70 hours, 4 credits

This course will orient the student to surgical technology and prepare them for scrub and circulator duties as well as Surgical Procedures I, and Surgical Practicum I and II. Topics include standards of conduct, special populations, safety standards, equipment, biomedical science, asepsis and sterile technique, surgical supplies, and instrumentation. This course is a preparatory class for Surgical Procedures I and Surgical Practicum I and II.

Prerequisites: HSC1531 , PHA1500

Corequisites: BSC2093C