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Surgical Technology

Surgical Technology Looking for an Exciting Career? A Career that Helps People? Where You Are A Key To Success? Surgical Technology is… An allied health profession Working in surgery Caring for patients Helping the surgeon

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Surgical Technology

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  1. Surgical Technology

  2. Looking for an Exciting Career?

  3. A Career that Helps People?

  4. Where You Are A Key To Success?

  5. Surgical Technology is… • An allied health profession • Working in surgery • Caring for patients • Helping the surgeon • Knowing about surgical procedures from instruments to supplies, to working with other professionals

  6. A Surgical Technologist is … • An expert in sterile technique and its applications • Knowledgeable about anatomy and surgical procedures

  7. A Surgical Technologist … • Uses tools and technology to help the surgeon care for the patient • Prepares the OR for the next procedure

  8. The Curriculum • Required General Education courses – College Comp.1and 2 • or College Comp 1 and Public Speaking • Intro to Computers, • Intro to Psychology,

  9. Curriculum continued • Anatomy and Physiology with Lab 1 and 2 • Microbiology with lab, • General Pathology, • Medical Terminology for Surg Tech

  10. Curriculum continued • Surgical Technology courses – • Introduction to • Surgical Technology • Operating Room Procedures & lab • Operating Room Materials & lab • Pharmacology

  11. Curriculum Continued • Specialty Surgical Procedures • Surgical Procedures Lab • Professional Skills for the Surgical Technologist • Operating Room Clinical Internship

  12. Consider Surgical Technology • Where – Bismarck State College • When – At least 4 semesters after high school (could be more due to prerequisite for Anatomy and Physiology) • How – Come by and visit with one of the admissions counselors or one of the instructors about admission

  13. Surgical Technology at BSC • Who to contact – Tom Berube in admissions at 701-224-5424 • and/or • Jean Hinton, Instructor/Program Coordinator • 701-224-5722 • Trudy Riehl, Instructor/Clinical Coordinator • 701-224-5756

  14. We look forward to seeing you as a student in surgical technology at Bismarck State College!

  15. Photo Acknowledgements • Spartanburg Technical College – Surgical Technology Web @ http://library.spt.tec.sc.us/surgtech/default.htm • The 801st Forward Surgical Team – by http://members.aol.com/rotkiv1/fst/ • Intuitive Surgical® @http://www.intuitivesurgical.com/products/index.html

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