Associate Degree of Applied Science - AAS in Surgical Technology Seattle Central College

This four-quarter program prepares students to share in the responsibility of the operating room team in the care of the patient requiring surgery. A surgical technologist is an allied health professional who works closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses, and other surgical personnel delivering health care and assuming appropriate responsibilities before, during, and after surgery. The technologist is at all times under the supervision of the physician and/or registered nurse.

Instruction covers the basic sciences, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, surgical functions in the operating room, surgical instrumentation and equipment, and aseptic techniques. The program is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Clinical practice takes place in various health care facilities throughout Washington state. Graduation requirements include a minimum 2.0 GPA in each surgical technology course and related instruction and must be completed in the designated quarter to proceed to the next quarter.

Seattle Central College is a public college in Seattle, Washington. With North Seattle College and South Seattle College, it is one of the three colleges that comprise the Seattle Colleges District. The college has a substantial international student population served by the International Education Programs division as well as many immigrant and refugee students taking ESL courses through the Basic and Transitional Studies division.

For more than 50 years, Seattle Central has been educating the citizens of Seattle and the surrounding region with the best programs of their kind anywhere, including college transfer, career training, continuing education and basic studies.

Whatever the students want to do, Seattle Central have a program to help them to do it. Three bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificates in 26 programs of study. Almost half of the students are working towards Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degrees to prepare them for transfer to four–year colleges or universities. To build successful careers, about a third of the students pursue career training programs to learn marketable skills in fields such as healthcare, information technology, business, culinary arts, maritime, social and human services and more. Seattle Central also serve students with courses in basic studies, continuing education and other programs.