The content includes, but is not limited to, communication and interpersonal skills, legal and ethical responsibilities, anatomy, patient care procedures, the skills and areas of study listed below, plus fundamental employability skills and basic computer literacy.  Program size is limited to 12 students for a highly effective student-to-instructor ratio, all students will be trained on campus and at local hospitals.

The Surgical Technology Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and reviewed by the Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology (ARC-ST).  You may contact CAAHEP at: www.caahep.org regarding any information or questions about this school's accreditation.  You may also write or speak to CAAHEP at: 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756  phone # 727-210-2350   

Course length is 1,330 hours.  Class started on January 23, 2012. The next class starts in January, 2013.

• Gown & Glove Yourself & Others
  
• Scrub To Accepted Standards
  
• Practice Universal Precautions
  
• Pass Instruments
  
• Count Instruments
  
• Drape Patient-Observe Basic Principles
  
• Care For Equipment
  
• Care For & Handle Specimens
  
• Sterilize Instruments
  
• Open Sterile Supplies
  
• Set Up & Break Down Sterile Field
  
• Recognize & Correct Break-In Technique
  
• Transport & Transfer Patient
  
• Work as Team - Understand Role Delineation