ST 200 - Surgical Specialties I

This course builds upon the previously learned cognitive, psychomotor, and affective content from ST 150. This course concentrates on surgical specialties with attention to associated pathophysiology, patient considerations, surgical procedures, and correlated content. Didactic content is provided to assist the student to prepare for the surgical technologist certification exam. Students will gain supervised clinical experience during surgical specialty rotations. This course includes didactic instruction, directed and self-directed skills laboratory simulation, mock surgery simulation, and supervised clinical practice experiences in the first scrub, second scrub, and assistant circulator roles.

Prerequisites ST 150, Culture and Language (COM 213 recommended)
Credits: 15

Class Level Sophomore Undergraduate
Program Undergraduate