What You’ll Learn
Gain the skills needed to build a career as a surgical technologist with our Associate of Science (AS) in Surgical Technology. Make a difference in your patients’ recovery everyday by keeping the surgery area sterile, helping prep for surgery, assisting in lab testing, and more.
In the AS in Surgical Technology program, you’ll build a foundation for your career in patient care by providing the training and skills needed to help you become successful in the field. In this program you will:
- Learn surgical procedures & clinical care
- Familiarize yourself with the uses and effects of pharmaceutical drugs
- Provide care that is respectful of individual patient preferences, needs, and values
- Position, prep, and drape a patient
- Become aware of sterilization procedures and the importance of keeping surgical areas clean
- Get to know the role of microorganisms in the environment and how they affect our lives
- Run lab tests and interpret the results of those tests