Description
This is a continuation of ST136. Clinical Practice III takes place at a healthcare facility. It consists of 240 hours of practice in the perioperative environment. Students will participate in a minimum of 80 surgical procedures in the scrub role. At least 25 of these procedures will be performed independently without assistance from a preceptor. Students will continue to develop skills to an entry-level or better for employment as a surgical technologist. Students will also be required to sit for the certifying exam in surgical technology at WDT on a date determined at the beginning of the semester. PREREQUISITES: ST125 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY, ST126 SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ST127 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST, ST128 SURGICAL PHARMACOLOGY, and ST135 CLINICAL PRACTICE I.