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Surgical Technology
(Associate of Occupational Science Degree – 20 months)
The American Career College Surgical Technology program is designed to equip you with the skills you’ll need to begin a rewarding career. The class curriculum focuses on the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains necessary to prepare operating rooms, arrange equipment, and help doctors and nurses during surgical procedures.
Surgical Technologists are responsible for many important tasks assisting in the care of surgical patients, which include these duties:
• Working with surgeons, nurses, and other operating room personnel
• Understanding fundamentals steps and routine procedures in order to assist the surgeon
• Helping to ensure surgical procedures are performed efficiently and effectively
• Preparing operating rooms for surgery
• Maintaining equipment, rooms, and supplies
• And many other important responsibilities
After successfully completing the school’s program, you will be eligible to take the certification exam administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
The focus is on your success!
The goal of our school’s program is to help you graduate with the confidence and qualifications to begin your career as a surgical technologist*.
*American Career College cannot guarantee employment.
