Earn your place on a surgical team with a Surgical Technology associate's degree from Montco. Our 16-month, year-round program teaches you how to prepare the operating room, instruments, equipment and patients for surgery and maintain optimal sterile techniques.

Program outcomes

• Employ appropriate ethical and professional values when providing surgical technology services to diverse populations;
• Perform necessary activities to prepare patients for surgery utilizing the principles of aseptic technique, critical thinking, and problem solving in order to adapt to the changing surgical environment;
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and organize the surgical field, while considering the physiology and urgency of the patient care needs;
• Incorporate technical skills to assemble and operate instruments, equipment, and supplies for the delivery of patient care during all specialties of surgery;
• Integrate knowledge from the required courses within this program to the role of the surgical technologist in caring for diverse clients;
• Communicate clearly and effectively utilizing the most current research tools;
• Express a commitment to lifelong learning and continued professional development;
• Meet the minimum eligibility requirements for the national certifying examination administered by the NBSTSA.

Program Curriculum

Sequence of Courses

All BIO and SUR courses must be taken and successfully completed (grade "C" or better) in the sequence listed. Each semester provides the building block for the following semester; therefore, each course in a given semester serves as a co-requisite for all other courses in that same semester. Concurrently, each semester serves as the prerequisite for continuing into the next semester.