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Degree Quick Facts
- Instructional School: Health
- Department: Health Professions
- Program Code: SFA.AA
- Program Type: Academic Transfer
- Available Fully Online: No
- Eligible for Federal Financial Aid: Yes
NOTE: Courses required for this program may have an additional fee; more information can be found on the Special Course Fees web page.
Degree Requirements
| Course | Course Title | Min Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements 1 | ||
| CWI 101 | Connecting With Ideas | 3 |
| Global Perspectives course | 3 | |
| GEM 1 - Written Communication course | 3 | |
| GEM 1 - Written Communication course | 3 | |
| GEM 2 - Oral Communication course | 3 | |
| GEM 3 - Mathematical Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 2 | 4 | |
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 3 | 3 | |
| GEM 5 - Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| GEM 5 - Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing course 3 | 3 | |
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course 3 | 3 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| SFA 210 | Principles of Surgical Assisting | 5 |
| SFA 210L | Principles of Surgical Assisting Lab | 1 |
| SFA 215 | Surgical Bioscience | 6 |
| SFA 225 | Advanced Surgical Anatomy | 4 |
| SFA 235 | Advanced Surgical Procedures | 4 |
| SFA 240 | Clinical Practicum I | 4 |
| SFA 241 | Clinical Practicum II | 4 |
| Minimum Credit Hours Required | 65 | |
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Students must select an "E" designated course to fulfill one of their General Education requirements.
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Must include a lab component.
- 3
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Course must come from a different discipline.
NOTE: All courses listed under Major Requirements must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
Degree Plan: Spring Start
The course sequence listed below is strongly recommended in order to complete your program requirements. Many Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses have prerequisites and/or corequisites that have been accounted for within this course sequence plan. Please register for your major requirements each semester as shown below using the Student Planning tool in myCWI. Consult your advisor for any questions regarding this plan.
NOTE: The required general education courses may be completed during any semester the student prefers, including summer semesters.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spring | Credit Hours | |
| CWI 101 | Connecting With Ideas | 3 |
| SFA 210 & 210L | Principles of Surgical Assisting and Principles of Surgical Assisting Lab | 6 |
| SFA 215 | Surgical Bioscience | 6 |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| SFA 225 | Advanced Surgical Anatomy | 4 |
| SFA 240 | Clinical Practicum I | 4 |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 8 | |
| Fall | ||
| SFA 235 | Advanced Surgical Procedures | 4 |
| SFA 241 | Clinical Practicum II | 4 |
| GEM 1 - Written Communication course | 3 | |
| GEM 3 - Mathematical Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Spring | ||
| GEM 1 - Written Communication course | 3 | |
| GEM 2 - Oral Communication course | 3 | |
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 1 | 4 | |
| GEM 5 - Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Fall | ||
| Global Perspectives course | 3 | |
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 2 | 3 | |
| GEM 5 - Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing course 2 | 3 | |
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course 2 | 3 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Minimum Credit Hours Required | 65 | |
*Students must select an "E" designated (Ethical Reasoning) course to fulfill one of their General Education requirements.*
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Must include a lab component.
- 2
Course must come from a different discipline.
NOTE: All courses listed under Major Requirements must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Communicate the surgeon’s preferences and specific patient’s needs to a surgical team including but not limited to suture needs, specialty supplies and instrumentation, and equipment.
- Apply advanced knowledge of normal and pathological surgical anatomy and physiology.
- Demonstrate aseptic skills by monitoring actions around the sterile field.
- Demonstrate preoperative skills such as assessing patient information, history, preoperative tests (e.g. EKG, EEG, EMG, lab values, diagnostic imaging), safety measures, biopsy results, positioning, and draping.
- Demonstrate competency in all positioning techniques for the surgeries they are participating in.
- Demonstrate safe stabilized placement on the appropriate bed/table with the appropriate operation, set up, safety measures, and utilization of all necessary equipment, stabilizers, padding, wrapping, and/or attachments.
- Perform a surgical skin prep selecting the correct prep for the situation (e.g. chlorhexidine gluconate/alcohol prep, iodine povacrylex/alcohol prep, chlorhexidine gluconate, povidone-iodine [iodopovidone], etc.) and preparing the appropriate surgical prep site necessary, including tourniquet application and foley catheter insertion.
- Provide intraoperative skills such as visualization, trocar insertion, injection of local anesthetics, hemostasis, tissue handling, placement and securing of wound drains, and closure of body planes.
- Demonstrate proficiency in all pertinent abilities required during a procedure; these include, but are not limited to, clamping, cauterizing, suturing, inserting, injecting, manipulating, retracting, cutting, and ligating tissue as necessary, as well as any further actions deemed necessary by the surgeon.
- Demonstrate postoperative skills in patient care, such as dressing application, patient transfer and transport, transfer of care, and monitoring for immediate complications while collaborating with others to provide continuity of care.
(Learning Outcomes adapted from the 4th Core Curriculum of the Association of Surgical Assistants.)