Surgical Technologist Program

A surgical technologist program at Southeast Arkansas 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 Arkansas colleges that offer surgical technologist program.

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Southeast Arkansas College

Also known as SEARK College

1000 Campus Drive, Helena, AR

Southeast Arkansas College is a publicly operated institution with emphasis placed on workforce development and technical education. SEARK, as it is popularly known to students, faculty and residents in the communities served by this prestigious institution, has six different locations throughout the Lincoln, Grant, Drew, Cleveland, Jefferson, and Desha counties.

SERK has a mixed student population as it aims to provide all students who want to study in an area of service and quality education. The courses explored at Southeast Arkansas College prepare students for their role in the larger society such as transfer credits to a four year university or train students as technicians or for skilled professional careers.

SERK provides a comfortable and fully equipped environment to facilitate learning and development of their students. They offer adult education courses that have been specially formulated to improve life skills, literacy, and most importantly, to help adults succeed in getting their GED; the equivalent to a high school diploma.

If you are ready to take that next big step in your life, think about attending a prestigious two year community college and technical institution such as Southeast Arkansas College. Visit their website http://www.seark.edu to find a program designed just for you.

Students Enrolled in the Surgical Technologist Program

Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. SEARK College has offered the following academic levels for students:

• Less Than One Year Certificate
• Less Than Two-Year Award
• Associate's Degree

Students by Academic Level (2019)

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

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