This program is very different than others at Bay.
You must be employed at a Hospital and they will offer you this opportunity to Apprentice at there OR/ER.
The Surgical Technology Program is an Associate in Applied Science degree program. This is a competitive entry program, students must apply to Allied Health's Surgical Technology program by selecting Apply Online to the left of the screen. The curriculum includes selected science courses, which provide the basis for in-depth consideration of both theory and clinical application of principles utilized in Surgical Technology. Basic courses in the theoretical aspects of Surgical Technology encompass lecture, clinical, and online instruction.
Throughout the program, students are provided with hands-on experience in cooperation with various hospitals, under the direction of the Program Director (Academic Team Leader), program faculty, teaching clinicians, and clinical preceptors. Graduates of the Program are eligible to sit for the National Board Certification Examination administered by Applied Measurement Professionals (AMP) and endorsed by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA); this examination has been incorporated into the program at the student’s expense and is non-refundable, as are all other components of the “Gold Package”. Likewise, once purchased, the expense for the lab kit is non-refundable. The National Board Exam will be administered on-campus, at a set time and date (which all eligible students must participate), proctored by an approved individual by AMP, and given within 30 days post-graduation.
The Surgical Technologist degree is offered through a partnership between Bay College and the Michigan Workforce Training and Education Collaborative(MWTEC). Educational Programs in the Collaboration (EPiC) in the consortium for the purpose of sharing instructional resources to offer healthcare programs. We have up to 32 seats to award. The program requires a minimum of 8 students to run annually. This MWTEC EPIC Surgical Technologist program has different tuition rate and fee than Bay College standards. We follow the Westshore/Muskegon Community College apprenticeship program.
Students are required to be employed at a partnering institution of OSF Hospital or Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital. If you have a hospital in Upper Peninsula willing to host you in their ER and OR, we will need to coordinate with MiWorks to set up the Apprenticeship. An Apprenticeship can take a few months to set up.
NOTE: Students with a CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) certificate may be awarded ten credit hours toward the degree, and would satisfy the requirements of ALH 104, SURG 101, 102, and 103.
All classes must be passed with a “C” or better in the program sequence or anything red taken ahead of time. If a class was taken ahead of time it will be used in the calculated GPA for admissions.
Admissions GPA must be a 2.0 or higher, and based on any Pre-requisite or College level class complete ahead of time. Higher the GPA the better chance students have of entering the program.
First Semester- Pre requisite Semester-
Students must pass first semester classes with a “C” or better to be awarded a seat to continue to Second Semester. Allied Health office awards seats to moved forward.
General Education classes: BIOL 104 and ENGL 101 must be complete to start in 1st fall semester.
BIOL 213 & 214 Anatomy and Physiology I & II
ENGL 101 Rhetoric & Composition = 3 Credits
HLTH 118 Medical Terminology= 3 credits ( ALH 104)
PSYC 201 Introduction to Psychology 3 credits
COM 103 Interpersonal communications- 3 credit
HLTH 146 CPR for the Healthcare provider 1 credit
Second Semester Fall semester-These courses are what is listed in the Westshore curriculum sequence, that you will sign up for, once we have established the apprenticeship agreement and employment.
ST 110 Fundamentals of Surgical Technology= 3 Credits
ST 100 The Surgical Patient 2 credits
ST 210 Applied Surgical Techniques I- Lab Course 2 credits, late in the Fall semester hours are complete on two days.
Third Semester- Winter Semester
ST-101 Surgical Asepsis 2 credits
ST 115 Surgical Pharmacology2 credits
ST-150 Basic Operative Procedures - 2 credits
ST 211 Applied Surgical Techniques II- Lab Course 3 credits
Fourth Semester- Summer
SURG 102 Sterile Processing I 5 credits
SURG 103 Sterile Processing Externship- Clinicals 3 credits
Fifth Semester Fall semester
SURG 151 Advanced Surgical Procedures 6 credits
SURG 212 Applied Surgical Techniques III Clinicals 4 credits
Sixth Semester Fall semester
SURG 200 Surgical Specialty/Prof Prep 2 credits
SURG 213 Applied Surgical Techniques IV- clinicals 4 credits
PHIL 204 (Westshore class) Biomedical Ethics 3 credits