HAPPY 2010!

Happy new year to all of the friends, family, staff, and students of the San Joaquin Valley College Fresno Surgical Technology program. 2009 has certainly been a year to remember, and as always, the year has flown by. The coming year will hold a lot of challenging and exciting times for the surg tech students. As we round out the final weeks of term one, the students are gearing up for term two. This term will consist of 15 weeks of classroom and laboratory instruction for the soon-to-be sophomores that will hone in their skills and prepare them to enter the operating room at their assigned clinical sites and begin to assist in surgical operations on real patients. The junior class will be moving into their final term as seniors and will continue their clinical externships at new facilities.  Please take a moment to congratulate your son, daughter, spouse, mom, dad, friend, or family member on their accomplishments so far as they have embarked on the journey toward gaining a rewarding education and career. Good luck to all of you as we start this new year. Happy 2010!

Check us out in the ASTSA News!

In the current Fall 2009 issue of the ASTSA News there is a blurb about SJVC on page 5. For those of you who would like to read the newsletter (and I recommend you do), here is the link:

http://www.ast.org/publications/documents/ASTSA%20News/Fall09.pdf

There is some very useful information here for any student in clinicals, enjoy.

Surgical Assistant Resource

I just wanted to send out this quick update and let everyone know that the Surgical Technology Resource site has been integrated into the following website:

www.surgicalassistantresource.org

Check this site periodically for study aids, links to info to help out on projects and presentations, and for any other info related to the profession.

Also, I just wanted to take a moment and say that you all did a good job in lab this week. I know that it is getting down to the wire, but just keep up the studying and come to open lab this Friday. Your skills are improving each and every week, keep it up and you will be excelling at your clinical sites in no time! Have a great weekend and get geared up for intraoperative skills next week. We have now graduated to the next level in surgical case management!

For a limited time, MD Publishing is offering a free subscription to OR Today magazine. This is a great resource dealing with many current issues facing operating room staff. To subscribe, click the link below. No billing information other than name and address are requested, so the subscriptions will not auto renew.

http://www.mdpublishing.com/subscription.aspx

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all enjoyed your time off for the Thanksgiving holiday. Now it's time to get back into the swing of things!

Awesome Attendance!!

Congratulations are in order for the Surg Tech program. We have set a new attendance record! Attendance at SJVC is calculated in 5 week modules because of the schedules of all of the other programs on campus. With that said, this is the first time EVER that the SJVC Surg Tech program has made it through the first five weeks of a new start with every student still enrolled in the program. WOOHOO!!!! We have witnessed unprecedented attendance for both the freshman and junior classes. Keep up the good work everyone. It is this type of dedication that will get everyone to graduation night.

The Freshman class with Ms. Junge show their dedication

The Junior class' future is so bright...

We're in the Journal!

We're in the journal! The new edition of the "The Surgical Technologist" features a summary and photos from SJVC's Surgical Technology week open house held back in September. This was a great night. We had over 100 people in attendance, and several of those are now current students in the freshman class. We also had the help of several current students during the event. A big thanks to those of the junior class who were in attendance and helped out.

SJVC's Surgical Technology open house is now in its sixth year. It has proven to be a wonderful way for the community to get a hands on lesson in what happens in an actual operating room. The open house was preceded by television and radio advertisements that helped bolster interest in the program and in the profession. What better way to get the word out about who we are and what we do!

We look forward to hosting this event again next year during Surgical Technologist Week. For the full printed article in the AST journal, click the following link:

Surgical Technologist Week 2009 Flier

New Videos

A new videos page has been added to the Surgical Technology Resource site. This page features videos from AST as well as some great videos produced by technical colleges that provide a good picture of the life of a Surg Tech.

Watch the videos here: http://www.surgicalassistantresource.org/index.php?p=1_10_Videos

Surgical Instruments and Equipment Photos

We have added some great photos of the surgical instrumentation contained in the minor tray as well as a new album with pictures of all of the operating room furniture and equipment available in the lab. The pictures are available at the following link:

http://surgical-technology-resource.webs.com/apps/photos/

In the next week we plan on adding an album with photos of anesthesia supplies, so stay tuned!

SJVC Surg Tech Freshmen in Action!

Vanessa readies the basin

Tracy opens the backtable with style

Sam prepares her gown

Lisa gets ready to operate

Kadie shows off her skills

Jennifer C. uses great technique

Damisha in action

Conrad is the king of the OR

Trista getting her instruments ready

Stacey opens the backtable

Robin makes setting up the OR look easy

Katie gets her gown ready

Jennifer R. readies the backtable for surgery

Deborah show us how to open a gown

Cori Keeps her distance from the field

Aubrey looks like a profressional

Student Success Brochures Available

Attention all students! Dean Franksen has been kind enough to send us the electronic copies of the student success fliers located throughout the Fresno campus. These documents provide great tips and strategies to help you succeed in the classroom and at home with your personal study. Please take the time to read them at the following link:

http://surgical-technology-resource.webs.com/documentcenter.htm

Study Plans Complete!

Congratulations to the freshmen students for completing their general education study plans. The information they have learned throughout these modules will be of great value to them as they embark on learning the concepts of pharmacology, anesthesia, and the application of medical mathematics reasoning. We are very proud of the freshmen and all they have accomplished as a group. It is the end of week THREE and everyone is doing a great job in their classes. Keep up the good work, you all deserve a pat on the back!

One Week Down!

We are happy to announce that the first week is over and we have begun week two for the freshman class. Everyone is hanging in there and doing great! Keep up the good work guys. Let's all make it to graduation, you are a great group of students!

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SURGICAL ASSISTANT RESOURCE - Home

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Freshmen Experience Their First Lab Day

The freshman class was nervous and excited as they experienced their first day in the surgical lab. This week they had a great introduction as they learned many of the skills and concepts behind sterile processing and the preparation of goods for sterile storage and use. The students passed off their first set of skill assessments this week and are now proficient in sterile wrapping and packaging techniques as well as the use of proper operating room attire and the correct method for the basic handwash. Great job class! You all deserve a great big round of applause!

Wednesday lab from left to right: Mr. Hughes, Jennifer R., Kadie, Katie, Conrad, Robin, Aubrey, Lisa, and Trista

Thursday lab from left to right: Tracy, Jennifer C., Damisha, Deborah, Stacey, Vanessa, Samantha, Cori, Mr. Hughes

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Welcome New Freshman Class!

We would like to take a moment to welcome the new freshmen class to the SJVC Surgical Technology Program. After receiving their books and a little bit of orientation they have begun their journey toward graduation and toward becoming Certified Surgical Technologists. This term will focus on the basic theories and principles of the practice of surgical technology and build a foundation for their advanced lab and surgical procedure theory courses next term. Congratulations to all of you and good luck throughout this term! We are happy to have you!

Also, a big congrats to our new junior class! Today marked their first day at clinicals. Now they are putting their classroom and lab skills to practical use in the operating room. Great job juniors!

Welcome to SJVC Surg Tech!

The San Joaquin Valley College Fresno Surgical Technology Program is proud to announce the creation of this blog for our faculty, students, family, and friends! We are excited to keep everyone informed and updated about what's going on in the program and in the profession. We will be sure to update this page frequently so check back often for more information. Thank you and welcome to the SJVC Surgical Technology blog! (SJVC Surg Tech instructors from left to right: Mr. Hughes, Ms. Junge, Mrs. Soderman)

Open House Interview with Central Valley Today

San Joaquin Valley College is sponsoring a Surgical Technology open house in honor of National Surgical Technologists Week!  Watch the following KSEE 24 Central Valley Today interview video with Mr. Doug Hughes and student Grant McNealy for more information on the program and the open house.