Surg Tech Clinical IV

Catalog description

Orients students to the clinical environment and provides experience with basic skills necessary to the surgical technologist. Topics include, but are not limited to: scrubbing, gowning, gloving, and draping; assistance with patient care and processing of instruments and supplies. In addition, introduces the development of surgical team participation through clinical experience. Emphasis is placed on observation and/or participation in routine procedures for core and specialty surgery. Surgical specialties include: General, Cardiothoracic, Genitourinary, Neurologic, Obstetric and etc. Case Requirements: A student must complete a minimum of 120 cases as delineated below. A. General Surgery 1. A student must complete a min. of 30 cases in General Surgery. a) 20 of these cases must be performed in the 1st Scrub role. b) The remaining 10 cases may be performed in either the 1st Scrub or 2nd Scrub role. B. Specialty Surgery 1. A student must complete a min. of 90 cases in various surgical specialties, excluding General Surgery. a) A min. of 60 cases must be performed in the 1st Scrub role and distributed amongst a min. of 4 surgical specialties. 1) A min. of 10 cases in 4 different specialties must be completed in the 1st Scrub role (40 cases total). 2) The additional 20 cases in the 1st Scrub role may be distributed amongst any 1 surgical specialty or multiple surgical specialties. b) The remaining 30 cases may be performed in any surgical specialty in either the 1st Scrub or 2nd