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Surgical Technology

Allied Health

A.A.S. Degree (D)

The Surgical Technology program helps meet the employment demands for highly skilled surgical technologists. The program provides students with the knowledge and skills required to function effectively in the environment of the operating room. The scrub surgical technologist handles the instruments, supplies, and equipment necessary during the surgical procedure. He/she has an understanding of the procedure being performed and anticipates the needs of the surgeon. He/she has the necessary knowledge and ability to ensure quality patient care during the operative procedure and is constantly on vigil for maintenance of the sterile field. The surgical technologist circulating obtains additional instruments, supplies, and equipment necessary while the surgical procedure is in progress. He/she monitors conditions in the operating room and constantly assesses the needs of the patient and surgical team. The Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (https://www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs 25400 U.S. Highway 19 North, Suite 158 Clearwater, FL 33763 Phone: 727-210-2350 www.caahep.org Academically ready students can apply to the program following the guidelines of the Allied Health competitive admission process. Interested applicants should review the information provided here and contact their program advisor for application requirements.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of all surgical team members.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to anticipate the needs of surgical patients by properly preparing the operating room suite, equipment, and instrumentation required for surgical interventions.
  3. Demonstrate a professional demeanor when communicating with patients and fellow team members.
  4. Synthesize a surgical conscience.
  5. Participate as an effective, and clinically proficient member of the surgical team throughout the perioperative, intraoperative and immediate postoperative periods.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ENG 101Crit Thinking & Acad Writing

3
ENG 102Composition and Research

3
MAT 129Math for Health Sciences

3
PSY 121General Psychology

3
SSC 100First Year Seminar

1
 
SOC 111Sociology

3
Or
SOC 213Ethical Issues in Health Care

3

Program/Major Courses

SGT 100Intro to Surgical Technology

2
SGT 200Surgical Technology I

8
SGT 202Pharmacology for Surgical Technology

2
SGT 203Surgical Technology Lab I

2
SGT 210Surgical Technology II

7
SGT 213Surgical Technology Lab II

2
SGT 220Surgical Technology III

4
SGT 221Surgical Technology Internship

12
SGT 222Surgical Technology IV

2
SGT 223Surgical Technology Lab III

2

Program/Major Support Courses

BIO 100Medical Terminology

3
BIO 120Anatomy and Physiology I

5
BIO 121Anatomy and Physiology II

5
BIO 125Introductory Microbiology

4
 
CHM 100Basic Chemistry

3
Or
CHM 110General Chemistry

4

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

PROGRAM SPECIFIC ADVISEMENT STATEMENT

Delaware Tech does not apply blanket age limits to courses for the purposes of transfer in, meeting selective admission programs' ranking/entrance procedures, or meeting program requirements for award completion. There is a five year age limit used in the selective admission procedures for the Surgical Technology program for BIO 120;BIO 121; BIO 125; SGT 100; and MAT 129, MAT 130, or MAT 140.

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1
BIO 100Medical Terminology

3
BIO 120Anatomy and Physiology I

5
 
CHM 100Basic Chemistry

3
Or
CHM 110General Chemistry

4
 
ENG 101Crit Thinking & Acad Writing

3
MAT 129Math for Health Sciences

3

Semester 2

BIO 121Anatomy and Physiology II

5
BIO 125Introductory Microbiology

4
ENG 102Composition and Research

3
SGT 100Intro to Surgical Technology

2
PSY 121General Psychology

3

Semester 3

SOC 111Sociology

3
Or
SOC 213Ethical Issues in Health Care

3
 
SGT 200Surgical Technology I

8
SGT 202Pharmacology for Surgical Technology

2
SGT 203Surgical Technology Lab I

2

Semester 4

SGT 210Surgical Technology II

7
SGT 213Surgical Technology Lab II

2
SGT 220Surgical Technology III

4
SGT 223Surgical Technology Lab III

2

Semester 5

SGT 221Surgical Technology Internship

12
SGT 222Surgical Technology IV

2

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 72 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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