Star Career Academy has locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Using industry experts as instructors and simulated workplace environments, this academy prepares you for your career as a surgical technologist. Your coursework and hands-on training prepares you for entry-level work in the field. Some of the things you learn include information about surgical laws, OSHA requirements, medical terminology, human anatomy, physiology, transporting and positioning patients, wound closure, anesthesia and surgical procedures and techniques.
Established in 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona, Anthem Career College now has locations in 11 different metropolitan areas. Campuses can be found in Connecticut, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The surgical tech program teaches you the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology along with basic surgical and laboratory skills. As a student, you learn through coursework, but you also gain hands-on experience in an unpaid internship when you finish the program.
Everest College provides short-term career education and job placement. There are campuses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The surgical tech program at Everest College teaches you to be a part of a surgical team. You also learn the proper preparation of operating rooms and patients, to organize and maintain surgical instruments and equipment, proper cleaning of operating rooms, and supply stocking.
Concorde Career College has 15 locations located in California, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Tennesse and Texas. Concorde specializes in medical career training and its surgical tech program prepares you for work in hospitals, surgery centers, physicians' offices and laser centers. During the 12 month program, you learn to assist during surgery, set-up and clean-up a operating room, maintain and handle instruments and care for patients.