Surgical Technology

Earn a career as an operating room professional and work alongside surgeons, nurses, and anesthesia providers as you prepare the operating room environment and facilitate surgical procedures in a variety of specialties.

Accreditation
Both 网赌正规真人实体在线平台 and the Surgical Technology program are independently accredited. 网赌正规真人实体在线平台 is accredited through the premier regional accrediting body, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

The Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Committee for Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. 

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
9355 - 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL  33775
Phone: 727-210-2350 


Graduates of the Surgical Technology program are provided a two-year Associate in Applied Science degree in Surgical Technology. Graduates of the Associate in Applied Science degree in Surgical Technology are eligible for national board certification through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.

The 2023 NBSTSA Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) examination pass rate for graduates of the 网赌正规真人实体在线平台 Surgical Technology program is 83%.


The next opportunity to apply to the Surgical Technology program will be May 2025 for Fall 2025 start. 

The first date to submit the application will be in June 2025. It is highly recommended to have all prerequisite courses completed by the end of Spring quarter 2025.


National Background Search & Drug Screen Requirements

As part of the admission requirements for Health Science programs, applicants must successfully pass a criminal background check and drug screen prior to working with patients in clinical areas. The background check and drug screen are paid by the student and administered through a third party company, CastleBranch. In addition to the background check required by 网赌正规真人实体在线平台, each clinical facility reserves the right to conduct its own criminal background check prior to allowing a student to enter its health care facilities for clinical participation.

Certain criminal convictions, pending charges, or negative actions may automatically disqualify a person from having unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, juveniles and children. Clinical facilities reserve the right to accept or decline a student’s placement in its facility.     

Learning Domains & Goals

The Columbia Basin College Surgical Technology Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) under review by the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA). See below for the educational domains as required in accordance with both programmatic accreditation and the Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology, 6th edition.

Learning Domains
  • Cognitive
  • Psychomotor
  • Affective 
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Goals

The primary goal of the Columbia Basin College Surgical Technology Program is to prepare competent entry-level surgical technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. In fulfilling this goal, the surgical technology program exists to:

  • Provide students with access to quality surgical technology education that will prepare them for meaningful employment;
  • Be responsive to the needs of the community in providing quality graduates who are certified, properly trained and value continuing education;
  • Promote faculty development and excellence in teaching; and
  • Develop and maintain partnerships with local hospitals and clinics to facilitate student learning and workforce development; and provide residents of South-eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon and North-western Idaho with graduates of the surgical technology program trained to be safe and meet the national standards for practice.

Clinical Case requirements are the competencies required during surgical rotations. Student case requirements are necessary in order to graduate from the 网赌正规真人实体在线平台 Surgical Technology program.

Career opportunities for the surgical technologist in the traditional scrub role are available in:

  • Hospitals
  • Surgery centers
  • Ambulatory facilities
  • Medical clinics and offices
  • Other facilities providing surgical patient care

With additional experience, education, and/or certification, surgical technologists may pursue related career fields or specialties requiring knowledge if surgical sciences and medical equipment, including the following.

  • Anesthesia technologist
  • Endoscopy technician
  • Labor & delivery surgical technologist
  • Hospital materials manager
  • Medical device clinical specialist
  • Medical equipment or surgical implant sales representative
  • Organ procurement or tissue recovery specialist
  • Physician assistant
  • Robotic surgery specialist
  • Specialist surgical technologist (e.g., neurosurgery, open heart)
  • Sterile processing technician
  • Surgery scheduler or unit clerk
  • Surgical sciences educator
  • Surgical first assistant
  • Surgical services team leader or manager
  • Traveling surgical technologist

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