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