Spokane Community College is a public two-year community college in the eastern Washington city of Spokane. Part of the Community Colleges of Spokane system of schools, the college offers associate and certificate programs in career and technical areas of study, in addition to an extensive catalog of transfer programs. SCC's surgical technology associate of applied science degree program is one of the college's more than one dozen allied health courses of study. Designed to train students in pertinent operating room skills like the usage of surgical instruments and equipment, the six-quarter program's curriculum also emphasizes medical ethics concepts as well as legal knowledge. In addition to prerequisite courses in algebra and biology, SCC surgical technology students take courses such as disease transmission and control, perioperative care of the patient and vocational technical mathematics, among others. Practicums are also part of the curriculum.
Spokane Community College
1810 N. Greene St.
Spokane, WA 99217
509-533-7000
scc.spokane.edu
Trocaire College is a private two-year junior college that continues in the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1958, the college makes its home in New York's second most populous city of Buffalo. Trocaire offers a surgical technology associate in applied science program. A four-semester program, students matriculated into this program can alternatively choose an evening study option that takes six semesters to complete. Admissions requirements include a CPR certificate and satisfactory academic record, including the completion of math I and II, biology and physics. As part of the college's core curriculum, surgical technology students complete general education courses in the humanities, mathematics and philosophy, among others. Professional courses include surgical pharmacology, concepts of surgical patient care and advanced surgical technology.
Trocaire College
360 Choate Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14220
716-826-1200
trocaire.edu
A two-year public technical and community college, Somerset Community College is in the rural Kentucky city of Somerset. As part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, the college features more than 200 associate degree, diploma and certificate courses of study. Somerset's four-semester program in surgical technology can be completed over the course of two years. The college considers academic record and ACT test scores and patient care experience as part of its admissions criteria. The program's curriculum combines lectures, laboratory work and clinical experience in teaching skills and theories pertinent to the field. Some of Somerset's surgical technology courses include principles of surgical pharmacology and medical microbiology. Upon completion of program requirements, students receive an associate in applied science degree.
Somerset Community College
808 Monticello Street
Somerset, KY 42501
606-679-8501
somerset.kctcs.edu