Surgical Technologist Program

A surgical technologist program at California Healing Arts College prepares students for careers as part of a surgical team in hospitals and surgical centers. The program focuses on maintaining, monitoring, and enforcing the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Program courses includes: instrument and equipment sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring, maintenance of homeostasis, and patient and team scrubbing. Get more details below including other Kentucky colleges that offer surgical technologist program.

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California Healing Arts College

601 Washington Ave., Suite 140, Newport, KY

CALIFORNIA HEALING ART COLLEGE operates as a less than two-year private career college dedicated to offering a solid education for students located in and around Los Angeles. Over 420 students have attended and completed their education in the last few years based on published graduation information with more than 73% of students who start the program continuing on to complete it. California Healing Arts College has several great programs to pick from. The more popular enrolled programs are shown below:

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To help students and recent graduates, California Healing Arts College may offer some services to students like those listed below:

• Academic counseling for students
• Work study style employment
• Employment search assistance

The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges has accredited the instruction & training provided by California Healing Arts College for over eleven straight years. To read more and get consumer disclosures, you can visit chac.edu.

Students Enrolled in the Surgical Technologist Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. California Healing Arts College offers a less than two-year award program in surgical technologist.

Students by Gender (2019)

Students by Race (2019)

Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.

Career Options for Graduates

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

Surgical Technologists

Description

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, surgical technologists employment is expected to grow at a rate of 14.8% from 2014 to 2024

Salary & Wages

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Total Employment: 590
  • Average Hourly Rate: $21.19
  • Average Annual Salary: $44070

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).