Readmission

Students who drop or are dismissed from the surgical technology program because of a failure in a surgical technology course must submit a written request for readmission to the Program Director. The request will be evaluated by the Director based on the recommendations from the admissions committee and probability of success. Students who fail or drop from the Introduction to Surgical Technology course will follow the general admission process (through the Admissions Committee).

Criteria for Readmission
Students who receive a grade of less than 78% in two (2) surgical technology courses or in the same course two (2) times will be dismissed from the program without consideration for readmission. Students receiving a grade below "C" (78%) in a surgical technology (SRG) course may, after readmission is approved, repeat that course one time. Failure to achieve a grade of "C" (78%) the second time will result in dismissal from the program without consideration for readmission.

Students who fail or withdraw from any semester will be required to repeat that semester including classes previously passed. Students who fail or withdraw from the first semester of surgical technology courses must begin the initial admission process through application. A student seeking readmission after being out of the program for two (2) years must re-apply as a new student.

All students must submit a written request for readmission to the Program Director. The request will be evaluated by the Admissions Committee based on the recommendations from faculty and the probability of success.

Students seeking readmission to the second or third semester of the Surgical Technology program must pass with a 78% a comprehensive final from all previously completed courses for semesters successfully completed. If the student passes these exams, then validation of clinical and lab skills will occur.

Students will validate clinical and lab skills by completing the following competencies:

Intro

Opening Sterile Supplies (peel pack/envelope wrap)
Donning Appropriate PPE
Surgical Hand Scrub/Surgical Hand Rub
Drying Hands
Open Gloving/Closed Gloving
Gowning Self/Another Team Member
Setting up Back Table
Draping Mayo Stand
Counts of Sponges, Sharps, and Instruments

Patient Care

Laparotomy Draping
Lithotomy Draping
Extremity Draping
Positioning of the Patient
Transport of the Patient
Flat Surface Prep of the Patient
Extremity Prep
Vaginal Prep

Instruments

Identify Basic Surgical Instruments
Load a Blade onto a Handle
Pass a Scalpel
Pass a Forcep
Pass a Ringed Clamp
Pass a Scissor
Pass a Hand-Held Retractor
Pass a Self-Retaining Retractor
Load Suture for a Right Handed or Left-Handed Surgeon
Pass Suture to a Left Handed or Right-Handed Surgeon
Remove Blade from Knife Handle

NOTE: Students returning to the second semester of the program must take surgical procedures and clinical II. Students returning to the third semester must take the advanced practicum and the certification review course.