Covenant School of Surgical Technology Graduates

The program complies with the 6th Ed. of the Core Curriculum of AST, Inc.
Term One is a combination of didactic which is delivered by PowerPoint, lecture, guest speakers and hands-on demonstrations. The didactic sessions include Law and Ethics, Principles of Aseptic and Sterile technique, along with Basic Anatomy and Physiology.
The lab instruction is delivered in one of two fully-functional operating rooms. The students will learn to scrub, gown, glove and set up back tables and mayos, and pass surgical instruments for the different surgeries in the following specialties; General, Cardiac, Orthopedic, Urology, Neurosurgery, OB/ GYN, Plastics and Reconstructive, ENT. The students will have access to a full range of instruments, equipment, i.e. lasers, robots, microscopes and will have opportunities to shadow different personnel in the ORs while still in the program.

Term Two is a varied externship in the local facilities;
Covenant Medical Center will provide the student experience in Orthopedics, General Surgery, Genitourinary, Neurosurgery, Robotic Surgery and Peripheral Vascular surgical procedures. A rotation through Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Endoscopy will be completed at this site
Covenant Women and Children including Labor and Delivery will provide experience in Gynecology, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Cardiovascular surgery, Pediatric Orthopedics, and Pediatric Neurosurgery; in Labor and Delivery the student will experience both vaginal and caesarian section births and other procedures. The student will complete a rotation in the instrument room.
The Covenant SurgiCenter experience will provided Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otorhinolarynology, Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Ophthalmic Surgery, and Pain management.
University Medical Center will expose the student to Burn treatment and management, Cardiovascular, along with many of the previously listed surgical specialties.