May 13, 2024  
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1 
    
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1

STE 1105 Surgical Clinical Care I


Lecture: 0 Lab: 0 Practica: 7 Total Credits: 7
Surgical Clinical Care I introduces the student to the roles and responsibilities of the perioperative team members. Emphasis is placed shadowing the circulator and anesthesia provider as a member of the non-sterile team. This includes assisting in patient transfer and transport, opening sterile supplies and instrumentation. The student is assigned a surgical preceptor and begins participating as a sterile member of the operating room team while in an observation and second scrub role. The student also learns the daily operation of decontamination and sterile processing of instrumentation and equipment. These clinical experiences take place at various hospitals and out-patient surgery centers.

Prerequisite(s):  STE 1200 STE 1201 STE 1205 , & Program Admission
Co-requisite(s): STE 1300