Surgical Technology Educator Position - Open Beginning November 2025 The Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) is seeking nominations for an opening on its Board of Directors. Nominations are open for a surgical technology educator appointment by the ARC/STSA. The appointee will complete a vacated term extending through August 30, 2027, and then will [...]
The Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) is seeking nominations for two positions on its Board of Directors. Nominations are open immediately for an academic administrator and a public member, with terms beginning September 2025, through August 2028. The ARC/STSA board meets six times a year, typically once in person each March and five times via [...]
The ARC/STSA 2025 Annual Report will open Thursday, May 1 and will close Thursday, July 31. Please click here for access to the Annual Reporting portal and resources, including registration links to Office Hour sessions and an Annual Report walkthrough instructional video.
Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph joined the ARC/STSA's Board of Directors in December. Dr. Joseph is Professor of Surgery and Population Health at NYU Langone Health. She is also Vice Chair for Diversity and Health Equity for the NYU School of Medicine Department of Surgery/Transplant Institute and co-director of the Welters Breast Health Outreach and Navigation Program. Dr. Joseph currently serves [...]
Celebrate National Surgical Technologists Week and Share the Value of Accredited Programs In recognition of National Surgical Technologists Week, which has been celebrated during the third week in September since 1984, the Accreditation Review Council in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) would like to express our sincere appreciation for surgical technology educators and program directors who support and encourage [...]
ARC/STSA Seeks Board of Directors Applicants The Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) is seeking applicants for two positions on its Board of Directors. Applications/nominations are open immediately for two surgical technology educators. The three-year term will begin July 1, 2024. The ARC/STSA Board meets four times a year, twice in person (March/September) and [...]
The 2025 ARC/STSA Schedule of Fees is now available on the ARC/STSA website (https://arcstsa.org/fees/). Fees for 2025 will become effective January 1, 2025. Please note that 2025 program fees have been adjusted due to significant increases in operating costs. Please contact the ARC/STSA at info@arcstsa.org with any questions or for additional information.
The ARC/STSA is proud to be a leading sponsor of the International Museum of Surgical Science’s newest exhibit “The Operating Room: Surgical Technology Then and Now” opening on May 25, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois, with AST. This exhibit, which is the first exhibition dedicated to the profession of surgical technology, and the first of its kind, was championed by ARC/STSA [...]
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