Program Readmittance
Students who are not successful may apply for readmission the following academic year. If the application deadline has passed, the student will be placed on the waitlist of incoming students. All applicants must meet the entrance criteria set forth by the college and surgical technology program prior to consideration for readmission. All students must ultimately fulfill both college and programmatic graduation requirements. Students must update CastleBranch and Rotation Manager (clinical site record repositories) and cleared by all sites prior to clinical rotations.
Students who are unsuccessful in the first semester of the program are eligible for readmission.
Students who are unsuccessful after successfully passing the first semester of the program will choose one of the following options for program re-entry:
Option 1 (recommended)
- Start the next academic year as a first-year student and repeat SUR courses.
o Option 2
- Audit SUR didactic courses that have been passed with a “B” or better.
- Take all clinical courses, starting with SUR 123, in continuous sequence (uninterrupted) regardless of prior completion status to ensure case log currency and validity.
- Take/retake SUR 137 to be eligible to sit for the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTTSA) credentialing exam.
Option 2 is only available to students who meet the following criteria:
- Previously completed didactic surgical technology courses with a grade of “B” or better within two years prior to the semester of readmission.
- Demonstrate clinical competence by passing a clinical practicum (CP) with a grade of 80% or better based on practicum evaluation criteria with zero unrecognized contaminations prior to clinical course entry.
Transfer policy
The ability to transfer is dependent upon available space within the program which is directly related to whether or not the subsequent class has already been accepted. Incoming cohorts or classes are accepted each spring.
All applicants must meet the entrance criteria set forth by the college and surgical technology program prior to consideration for transfer. All students must ultimately fulfill college and programmatic graduation requirements.
Applicants for transfer will be allowed one attempt per year to apply, schedule, perform, and pass the clinical practicum prior to spring one clinical entry, provided they are within two years of completing their last surgical technology course.
Applicants for transfer must have their transcripts sent to the Admissions Office and have all of their courses evaluated the semester prior to the semester they are attempting to transfer in. Students should schedule an appointment with the Surgical Technology Department Chair after the admissions office has evaluated their transcripts. The chair will meet with the student and explain the program transfer requirements to the prospective student.
Applicants for transfer must ensure they have contacted the surgical technology program at least three months prior to the semester they are attempting to transfer into so that there is sufficient time to coordinate and schedule the required competency demonstrations around existing student courses and clinical schedules as well as complete clinical site clearance requirements. Current program students take priority.
Applicants for transfer Must present documentation of all required immunizations, a recent physical examination (using the required college form), a current BCLS (basic cardiac life support) card, HIPAA and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) training, and a current background check and drug screen through Castle-Branch. All previous will be loaded into the Castle-Branch site. Clinical site entry is contingent upon clinical site approval and acceptance. All clinical sites have mandatory education modules to complete.
Students who transfer must do the following to enter and ultimately graduate from this program:
- Have passed any didactic co-requisite or pre-requisite surgical technology courses with a grade of B or better within the past two years.
- Demonstrate clinical competence by passing a videotaped clinical practicum with a grade of 80% based on practicum evaluation criteria with zero unrecognized contaminations prior to clinical course entry.
- Take all clinical courses, starting with SUR-123 in continuous sequence (uninterrupted) regardless of prior completion status to ensure case log currency and validity.
- Take/re-take SUR-137 the terminal semester to be eligible to sit for the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting credentialing exam.
* Transfer credit will not be awarded for surgical technology courses completed in a nonCAAHEP (Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs) accredited program.