Important Notice - The upcoming May AFE Workshop in Orlando will be the last opportunity to attend an AFE in 2018! The next AFE will be held on February 7, 2019...details coming soon!
2018 Annual Report Presentation
ARC/STSA 2018 Annual Report Launches May 1, 2018 Mark Your Calendars -- New Annual Report Submission Dates!The ARC/STSA 2018 Annual Report submission period will begin on May 1, 2018, and close on July 31, 2018. Instructions for completing the 2018 Annual Report will be posted to the ARC/STSA website April 2018.
Many thanks to our hard-working site visitors, who volunteer their time to assess surgical technology and surgical assisting programs' compliance with the Standards. (Please click the image above to view the full-sized recognition poster.)
At the Accreditation Fundamentals for Educators [AFE] Workshop and Beginner Site Visitor Training, offered from 8:00 am -5:00 pm on Thursday, February 8, 2018 Designed for both new and seasoned program directors and instructors, the AFE Workshop will guide you through CAAHEP Standards so that your program is best able to take advantage of this highly respected accreditation.
The Accreditation Review Council on Education for Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) welcomes Christy Baily-Byers as the Director of Education Services beginning November 2017. In this role, Baily-Byers will be responsible for the development and delivery of accreditation-related education programs and outreach activities of the ARC/STSA, including marketing and constituent communications.
At its March 2017 meeting, the ARC/STSA Board of Directors awarded the following 2017 Scholarships
The ARC/STSA and its Subcommittee on Accreditation for Surgical Assisting (SASA) are pleased to announce the launch of the updated and enhanced 2017 Surgical Assisting Annual Report (SA AR) incorporating several easy-to-use features. The SA Annual Report form and support documentation were mailed to all CAAHEP-accredited SA programs today and are available online for quick access 24/7.
All surgical technology programs are crucially important to the profession, and maintaining unity among the 432 programs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), whether certificate, diploma or associate degree, is foremost in the minds of the leadership.
At the Accreditation Fundamentals for Educators [AFE] Workshop, offered from 8:00 am -3:00 pm on Saturday, August 5, 2017 the ARC/STSA will guide you through CAAHEP’s accreditation Standards and Guidelines and the accreditation process to enhance your accreditation knowledge, permitting your program to optimize the benefits of this prestigious accreditation.
