MSA - Surgical Assisting
The medical terminology class is an intense, three-week course taught at the beginning of the surgical assisting student's first year. The course employs a body systems-oriented, word-analysis approach to learning medical terminology. The goal of the class is to prepare students for the terminology they might encounter in their subsequent coursework, in their clinical rotations and ultimately in their roles as healthcare professionals.
Surgical Microbiology reviews the infectious processes and organisms, immune responses, risks to operating-room patients and personnel and universal precautions.
Lecture series is a seminar course that explores the details of topics such as attitude and etiquette in the OR, casting and splinting, stress management, ethics, surgical technique, OR conduct and patient interaction, back-table setup and the SA, trauma, sterile technique, gowning and gloving review. The seminars are conducted by program alumni and other medical professionals.
Surgical Rounds is a hands-on clinical training experience lead by surgical residents to complement the student’s didactic experience through active participation as part of a surgical team to develop the critical clinical skills needed for a surgical assistant.
Gross Anatomy is a regional study of anatomy related to surgical procedures with cadaver lab. It also includes review of physiology relevant to survey and an introduction to basic embryology, histology and pathology.
Advanced Pharmacology is a biophysical science based course which examines drugs used in surgery and emergency drugs, reviewing anaphylactic and toxicity reactions. The course also addresses anesthesia methods and agents and their methods of administration, describing how the surgical procedure may be affected by the agents used.
This course is designed to give the surgical assistant student a broad look into minimally invasive surgery while introducing the techniques involved. Numerous subspecialties, how minimally invasive techniques are utilized, and the history of these techniques will be discussed. Students will engage in hands-on learning to help facilitate the learning curve once they are in their clinical year.
Surgical Physiology is a course provided by the biophysiology and applied surgical pathology for the advancement of knowledge application in the surgical environment designed for Surgical Assistant students. Topics including cell injury, inflammation and wound healing are covered.
Principles of Surgical Assisting is a two-part course that teaches fundamental skills: Placement of monitoring devices, review of bladder catheterization, surgical positioning, application of tourniquets, prepping and draping, operative instrumentation, visualization techniques, hemostasis, suturing and knot tying techniques, dressings and drainage systems, post-operative pain control methods and the use of special equipment.
Principles of Surgical Assisting is a two-part course that teaches fundamental skills: Placement of monitoring devices, review of bladder catheterization, surgical positioning, application of tourniquets, prepping and draping, operative instrumentation, visualization techniques, hemostasis, suturing and knot tying techniques, dressings and drainage systems, post-operative pain control methods and the use of special equipment.
Principles of Surgical Assisting is a two-part course that teaches fundamental skills: Placement of monitoring devices, review of bladder catheterization, surgical positioning, application of tourniquets, prepping and draping, operative instrumentation, visualization techniques, hemostasis, suturing and knot tying techniques, dressings and drainage systems, post-operative pain control methods and the use of special equipment.
Principles of Surgical Assisting is a two-part course that teaches fundamental skills: Placement of monitoring devices, review of bladder catheterization, surgical positioning, application of tourniquets, prepping and draping, operative instrumentation, visualization techniques, hemostasis, suturing and knot tying techniques, dressings and drainage systems, post-operative pain control methods and the use of special equipment.
Principles of Surgical Assisting is a two-part course that teaches fundamental skills: Placement of monitoring devices, review of bladder catheterization, surgical positioning, application of tourniquets, prepping and draping, operative instrumentation, visualization techniques, hemostasis, suturing and knot tying techniques, dressings and drainage systems, post-operative pain control methods and the use of special equipment.
Expose the surgical assistant student to the specialty dedicated to the care of the individual who has been injured, whatever the mechanism.
This course presents an in-depth overview of the business of surgical assisting. Students are exposed to all aspects of the surgical assisting business to help them make informed career decisions.
This course explores a variety of ethical and legal issues facing healthcare professionals and the Surgical Assisting profession.
Leadership in healthcare.
This course is designed to allow the student to explore a specified surgical topic under the direct supervision of the faculty member.
Students are transported to Peachtree Corner, Georgia to attend a da Vinci First Assistant Course at Intuitive’s Training Center. This one-day course gives the surgical assistant student hand-on experience with the da Vinci patient-side machine utilizing simulation and team training. At the conclusion of the training, students will be awarded a certification in robotic assisted surgery which will allow them to participate in robotic procedures during their clinical training.
This is an applied science and practice application course. Students will develop an educational resource product detailing three surgical specialties for contribution to the program’s resource library. The Capstone's purpose is to demonstrate the student's ability to research current techniques of care, use critical thinking, incorporate critiques and constructively evaluate their knowledge beyond their personal experiences to present the best practice for performing the procedures that they selected.
This course is a student led journal seminar that investigates surgical topics that impact the surgical assisting profession. This course provides students with foundational skills for peer-to-peer training, assessing medical research, and the developing of professional leadership.
This course is a student led journal seminar that investigates surgical topics that impact the surgical assisting profession. This course provides students with foundational skills for peer-to-peer training, assessing medical research, and the developing of professional leadership.
The Robotics Clinical Rotation is a repeatable clinical experience that may be taken up to three times within the same semester at the same assigned site. Multiple enrollments do not represent different levels or advanced training but allow students to accumulate additional robotic-assisted surgical case experience. Each enrollment is recorded separately for scheduling and clinical hour documentation.
The Robotics Clinical Rotation is a repeatable clinical experience that may be taken up to three times within the same semester at the same assigned site. Multiple enrollments do not represent different levels or advanced training but allow students to accumulate additional robotic-assisted surgical case experience. Each enrollment is recorded separately for scheduling and clinical hour documentation.
This course will equip the Surgical Assistant student with the basic managerial background, fundamentals, and theories that can be applicable at any level in management and in a leadership position. Students will have exposure to the basic concepts of leadership and interaction of leadership, change, communications and power as seen in the health care environment. At the completion of this training, students will receive a certificate in OR Management which will enhance their credentials to seeking leadership positions within healthcare.
Eight six-week surgical clinical rotations (3 credits each): 1,920 hours of clinical experience with up to 25% of training in surgical specialties such as orthopedics, plastics, cardiac, vascular, robotics and neurosurgery.
To practice as a surgical assistant, the student must pass a national certification exam. Students will take both national certification exams offered to students enrolled in an accredited surgical assisting program. These national certification exams are the Certified Surgical First Assistant Exam (CSFA) and the Certified Surgical Assistant Exams (CSA).