GENERAL TECHNOLOGY, SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATION: ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE

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As a surgical technologist, you’ll be an integral member of the health care team.

Surgical Technology is an exciting profession where the work environment is both intense and dynamic.

Surgical Technologists are essential members of the surgical team who work closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses and other personnel to deliver patient care and before, during and after surgery.

Scrub, circulating, first assisting and second assisting surgical technologists have primary responsibilities for maintaining a sterile field and being constantly vigilant to ensure all members of the team adhere to aseptic techniques.

The Program

TCL’s full-time Surg-Tech program is 63 credit hours completed in four consecutive semesters. Courses include general education, science and surgical technology classes taught in the college classroom, in campus laboratories and multiple clinical education sites throughout Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper.

Plus, this program is eligible for the S.C. Wins Scholarship, which can pay up to $65 per credit hour.

The Surgical Technology Department Faculty of the Technical College of the Lowcountry believes that:

• Health is the state of optimum well-being for humanity. Health is relative and constantly changing.
• Due to this changing state, the Surgical Technologist practices in the unique role of restoring optimum health and alleviating suffering by aiding surgical intervention. In fulfilling this role, the Surgical Technologist works closely with the patient, surgeon, and other operating room professionals in the operative care of the surgical patient.
• Surgical Technology practice is not limited to the physical setting of the operating room. It is also utilized in other health care areas and facilities. These areas and facilities include, but are not limited to Labor and Delivery, Emergency Room, Central/Sterile Processing, Ambulatory Surgical Facilities, and private physician’s offices.
• The educational environment of the Surgical Technology Program at the Technology College of the Lowcountry considers individual differences, which affect learning ability, and provides motivation to continue to learn and adapt in the changing surgical environment. The faculty believes an individual’s ability to learn is based on past experiences and personal potential, which permits learning to occur at different rates and levels. Learning takes place most readily when material is covered in logical sequence and progresses in difficulty from simple to complex. Under the guidance of the faculty, the student should assume responsibility for much of their own learning. The program will prepare students to become a competent entry-level Surgical Technologist by incorporating cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains such as: periodic assessments for knowledge retention, hands-on skills practice for clinical preparation, and comprehensive reviews for certification testing and post-education occupational preparedness. 
• The faculty believes that Surgical Technology education should reflect the student’s development of skills and theoretical knowledge essential for restoring optimum health and alleviating suffering in the operative setting.