 On our fast track, you can earn an
Associate of Occupational Studies Degree in Surgical
Technology in as few as 20 months.
This program prepares students to assume entry-level
positions as members of a healthcare surgical team.
Employment opportunities are available in hospitals and in
surgical centers as surgical technologists. The surgical
technologist works under the direct supervision of the
circulating nurse in the operating room. The surgical
technologist assists with surgical procedures and provides the
surgeon with instruments, sutures, sponges, and other
equipment necessary to accomplish the procedures.
The Associate of Occupational Studies degree in Surgical
Technology prepares you to meet the challenges of this
fast-paced field. As part of the curriculum, you'll gain
clinical experience at some of the best hospitals in the Salt
Lake City area. All clinical externships are performed in the
daytime.
- Computerized Medical
Administration
- Management Principles
- Personal and Professional
Relations
- Anatomy, Physiology, and
Terminology
- Surgical Technology/ Patient Care
Concepts
- Microbiology and Infection
Control
- General and Minimal Surgical
Procedures
- Surgical Pharmacology
- Asepsis and the Surgical
Environment
- Surgical Instrumentation and
Supplies
- Systematic Surgical Procedures I
and II
- Sensory and Plastic Surgical
Procedures
- Clinical Externship and Practicum
- Surgical Suite Operations
- Surgical Robotic, Physics &
Electronics
- Medical Surgical Nursing
- Surgical Interventions
Program prepares students for possible
certifications in
ARC-ST sponsored by the American College of Surgeons
and the Association of Surgical Technologists. Certified
Surgical Technologist (CST)
This program is available only at our Ogden campus.
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