Performance Requirements: Surgical Technology

• Program: Surgical Technology
• Pathway: Health Science

You must meet the following performance requirements to ensure patient safety and welfare during your time in our program and throughout your career.

Physical Requirements

• Visual acuity (with corrective lenses if needed) to:
  
  • Operate in dimly lit spaces effectively
• Hearing ability (with auditory aids if needed) to:
  • Understand the normal speaking voice without viewing the speaker's face
  • Hear:
    • Monitor alarms
    • Emergency signals and call bells from patients
    • Equipment timers and alarms
• Manual dexterity to:
  • Maneuver and transfer equipment while maintaining a sterile environment
• Physical ability to:
  • Stand for prolonged periods of time
  • Lift patients and objects of 35 pounds or more
  • Push pieces of equipment from room to room
  • Maneuver in limited spaces

Communication Requirements

• Communicate effectively in verbal and written form by:
  • Speaking clearly and succinctly when:
    • Explaining treatment procedures
    • Describing patient conditions or reactions
    • Implementing health techniques
  • Writing legibly and correctly in patients' records for legal documentation
• Function safely under stressful conditions with the ability to:
  • Adapt to ever changing environment inherent in clinical situations involving patient care
• Computer skills to:
  • Use a variety of software programs and the internet for research and course projects, including PowerPoint for presentations

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Updated January 29, 2024