SG 990 - Surgical Technology Externship I

250 Clock Hours, 0 Credits, 250 Contact Hours

Assisting surgical team members with daily preoperative and postoperative duties of a student surgical technologist while under the direct supervision of a staff surgical technologist and a registered nurse. Includes one-on-one training in a facility providing surgical services, progressing through rotations into the first scrub role for minor procedures and the second scrub role in major cases. At the completion of the externship rotations the student will be scrubbing in the first scrub role for most procedures when appropriate.

Prerequisite(s): SG 970LB