Technology Education College Columbus Ohio

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), Columbus State Community College Surgical Technology Program provides students with the opportunity to work as a Certified Surgical Technologist. In this program, students will be required to complete the academic classroom requirements, but will also have the opportunity to gain valuable supervised clinical practice. As part of the curriculum, the students will rotate through the clinical affiliates as scheduled in the course sequence. The standard surgical rotation case requirements that students must achieve is 120 cases, following the AST Core Curriculum, 6th edition. The case types and roles are identified below:

Surgical Rotation Case Requirements

Surgical Technology students will be required to complete the academic classroom requirements, but will also have the opportunity to gain valuable supervised clinical practice. As part of the curriculum, the students will rotate through the clinical affiliates as scheduled in the course sequence. The standard surgical rotation case requirements that students must achieve is 120 cases, following the AST Core Curriculum, 6th edition

Students are required to complete 30 cases in General Surgery. Twenty of the cases must be in the First Scrub Role. Observation cases must be documented, but do not count towards the 120 required cases.

FIRST SCRUB ROLE (STSR1) – The student surgical technologist shall perform the following duties during any given surgical procedure with proficiency.

• Verify supplies and equipment needed for the surgical procedure.
• Set up the sterile field with instruments, supplies, equipment, medications and solutions needed for the procedure.
• Perform counts with the circulator prior to the procedure and before the incision is closed.
• Pass instruments and supplies to the sterile surgical team members during the procedure.
• Maintain sterile technique as measured by recognized breaks in technique and demonstrate knowledge of how to correct with appropriate technique.