In late October, educators came together at EdAccred’s third Better Together: Success Strategy Talk. During the session, “Certification Examination Prep Strategies,” surgical technology and surgical assisting educators shared strategies for preparing students for certification examinations and discussed how past test performances can be analyzed to improve scores.
Applications are now open for the ARC/STSA 2021 Student and Chris Keegan Memorial Educator Scholarships! Learn more about the process and requirements on the ARC/STSA website’s scholarship page. All completed applications must be received by Friday, February 18, 2022.
ARC/STSA would like to congratulate the surgical technology program at Hillsborough Community College for receiving initial accreditation. Please join us in acknowledging the dedication and hard work it took for this program to reach this milestone.
Despite the cooling weather, it is heating up at the ARC/STSA! Busy is an understatement; many projects are underway and yet there’s so little time … I bet that sounds familiar to you all. With that said and time so precious, let me get right to the latest ARC/STSA updates.
ARC/STSA and EdAccred are beyond thrilled to announce their first accreditation expo, AccredX, Thursday, October 6–Saturday, October 8, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas!
ARC/STSA was proud to partner with AST on the development of the “Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology, Seventh Edition” (CCST-7e), set to be released later this fall!
In its simplest form, a community partnership is a group of people working toward the same goal. For educators, this goal is to have successful student outcomes.
In the Pikes Peak Community College Surgical Technology Program, student knowledge and curriculum comprehension are measured in a few ways. The one that has become a point of interest within our department is the way we analyze students' computer-based quizzes taken in class at the end of each chapter.
The ARC/STSA Board of Directors recently elected three members to its Executive Committee: Janice Grewatz (president), Erin White-Mincarelli (vice president) and Ron Ehlers (secretary/treasurer). Get to know them in this feature.
The Association of Surgical Assistants (ASA) recently hosted its fall workshop and annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, September 24-25, which was packed with informative speakers, hands-on workshops and networking opportunities for the 65 surgical assisting practitioners and educators in attendance.
