SURG 1200 - Surgical Clinical 1

Credit Hours: 8.00

Prerequisites: Admission into the Surgical Technology Program; ENGL 1180 or ENGL 1210; BIOL 2400 or BIOL 2730; BIOL 2710, HHSC 1700, SURG 1050, SURG 1060, and SURG 1070 all with grade C or better, or grade Pass (if the course is a Pass/Fail course); and proof of current American Heart Association (AHA)/BLS certification

Corequisites: SURG 1051, SURG 1250, and SURG 1260

In this supervised lab and clinical course, students will learn, practice, and perform essential skills required in the surgical setting. Students will demonstrate preoperative operating room preparation, scrubbing, gowning, gloving, set up of the sterile field, and perform the functions of the surgical technologist in the sterile field using aseptic technique in the laboratory setting. Students perform in the role of the scrub and circulator on various surgical procedures. Upon successful completion of pre-clinical competencies, students are assigned in the hospital setting three days a week to gain clinical experience and acquire course competencies. Students are responsible for their own health insurance and transportation. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. Students are required to pass this course to progress in the program.

Contact Hours: 24 per week for 16 weeks

Center Campus

OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to participate as a member of the surgical team.

Objectives:

Develop essential skills required of a surgical technologist.
Perform the duties and responsibilities of the student scrub surgical technologist.
Demonstrate awareness of professional obligations to the patient and surgical team members.
Perform the duties of the assistant circulator.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to practice safe patient care.

Objectives:

Demonstrate awareness of a surgical conscience.
Demonstrate awareness of OR policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
Demonstrate the awareness of safety measures.
Perform surgical TIME OUT.
Perform surgical counts.

Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to practice safety techniques in protecting self and other team members.

Objectives:

Demonstrate when to seek help.
Demonstrate responsibility for personal actions.
Demonstrate proper techniques in handling sharps.
Understand accountability for ones actions and to others.
Demonstrate proper ways to pass various specialty instruments to the surgeon.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to maintain aseptic technique.

Objectives:

Place supplies in OR, open sterile supplies.
Demonstrate hand wash, scrub, gowning and gloving.
Perform set up of the sterile field and maintain aseptic technique.
Monitor the sterile field.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to select appropriate recognize instrumentation, supplies, equipment and perform setups of assigned for the following surgical procedures:

Objectives:

Assemble or check case cart, gather items for the procedure.
Place supplies in OR, open sterile supplies.
Identify various supplies and equipment and state how they are used during the surgical procedure.
Discuss testing, placement and types and preparation of special equipment.
Perform set up of the sterile field and maintain aseptic technique.

Outcome 6:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to display skill in anticipating the surgeon’s needs before, during, and after surgery.

Objectives:

Check surgeon’s preference card.
Anticipate needs of the surgeon.

Outcome 7:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to create a surgeon’s preference card.

Objectives:

Maintain log cards of surgical procedures performed.

Outcome 8:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to conform to OR standards, policies, procedures and guidelines.

Objectives:

Demonstrate awareness of OR records, documentation and other forms.
Understand and state the purpose of good documentation.

Outcome 9:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to describe the principles of tissue exposure and wound management.

Objectives:

Identify criteria used to select items to provide tissue exposure.
Identify and describe use of sutures and needles for procedures.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.

2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.

The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.

4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.

5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
Complete course contents distributed in instructor’s first day handouts.
Clinical content (based on outcomes & objectives) varies with each individual site.
Specification of Clinical Case Requirements included in instructor’s first day lesson plan handout.

Primary Faculty
Ness, Elizabeth
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Shaw, Andrea
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine

Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088