SURG 2103 - Clinical Practicum I

Credit hours: 1

Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Surgical Technology Program

Course Description:
Clinical experience allows a student to affiliate with healthcare facilities under the joint supervision of the school and professional staff of affiliated clinical sites to provide practical clinical work experience in an operating room setting.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course sequence the student will:

Actively participate in and adequately document at least 500 hours of clinical experience combined across SURG 2103, SURG 2201, and SURG 2302
Actively participate in and adequately document at least 120 surgical procedures in the first and second scrub roles and distributed across surgical specialties as defined by the Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology combined across SURG 2103, SURG 2201, and SURG 2302
Demonstrate adequacy in all psychomotor and affective competencies consistent with the performance of the duties of an entry-level surgical technologist in the scrub role.

** In the case of a student transfer from another Surgical Technology program, if the student does not achieve the minimum number of cases or clinical hours required by the receiving institution then additional requirements may have to be met prior to receiving transfer credit for this course.