The ARC/STSA Board of Directors recently welcomed three new members: Alicia Buck, MS, BAAS, CST; Jeff Feix, LVN, CSFA, CST, FAST; and Antionette Trujillo-Fergus, MBA, CRCST, CST; and new member of the board’s Subcommittee on Accreditation for Surgical Assisting (SASA), Lydell “Dale” Powell, AAS, Th.A., CSFA, CST, to serve on the SASA. Learn more about these individuals below!Alicia Buck, MS, BAAS, [...]
The ARC/STSA is proud to announce the recipients of its 2024 scholarship awards. This year, ARC/STSA awarded six student scholarships of $500 each. Join us in celebrating these accomplished recipients and read what has inspired them to pursue a career as a surgical technologist. Stacy Iannarone Triton College, River Grove, Illinois I found that surgical technology is a [...]
The ARC/STSA welcomed a new education manager, Gabrielle “Gabby” Muzina, AS, CST, in August. Muzina will be responsible for developing educational programming for our educators, as well as planning and coordinating webinars and events, such as AFE workshops and the AccredX conference. Muzina brings a passion in education and exceptional communication and customer service skills to her work. Prior to joining [...]
ARC/STSA and EdAccred’s 3rd Annual AccredX Conference revved into high gear in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 3 - 5 with workshops, hands-on learning labs, roundtable discussions, and individual and panel presentations by nationally respected speakers, all focused on accreditation standards. This year’s event was fueled with creativity, possibility, and empowerment - one for the leader’s podium! This year's demographic. Wednesday morning [...]
By Ron Kruzel, MA, CAE, CST, FAST Welcome to summer 2023! You heard it right; we are halfway through the year! If you are like me, you are juggling a multitude of projects and catching up on a myriad of deadlines. What a busy five months since January. The current challenges related to the workforce shortage are keeping us engaged [...]
On May 25, the International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS) launched, “The Operating Room: Surgical Technology Then and Now,” the first-ever museum exhibition featuring surgical technology. The evening before, IMSS hosted a reception where more than 200 surgical technologists and other professionals gathered to hear remarks from museum curator Michelle Rinard, ARC/STSA President Janice Grewatz, former AST President Kevin Craycraft, [...]
By Chris Ahearn, AAS, CST Achieving high quality surgical care is a priority for any healthcare organization. As surgical technology educators, we are tasked with providing our communities of interest with competent, entry-level graduates. The complex nature of modern surgical interventions has created opportunities for educators to expand and improve clinical instruction while preparing students to enter the workforce. To benefit [...]
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Our amazing educators met in April to support one another, share tips for starting a sterile processing program, and discuss how sterile processing and surgical technology programs can have a mutually beneficial relationship. The word of the day was synergy, since educators reported that the benefits of the two programs working collaboratively were exponentially greater for their constituencies than the [...]
Join us in welcoming Kristy Pierce, BS, CST, to the ARC/STSA team. Kristy joined the ARC/STSA staff on May 1, 2023, as the accreditation manager. She will oversee and coordinate all site visit activities of the ARC/STSA to help fulfill our mission to provide accreditation services that validate excellence of educational programs and ensure quality patient care. Pierce brings a [...]
