Unit 1 Surgical Technologist Lecture
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How does a Surgical Technologist become certified? - ✔✔You have to be certified by
the NBTSA and they have to pass the AST examination
What body oversees the certification process - ✔✔The body that oversees the
certification process is the National Board or Surgical Technology and Surgical
Assisting
What associations play a role in accrediting surgical technology programs? -
✔✔ARC/STSA - Accreditation Review Council on Education in surgical Technology
and surgical Assisting, CAAHEP- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs,and ABHES- Accrediting Bureau of Health education Schools.
What Role do the ARC-ST and CAAHEP play in the accrediting process? - ✔✔In the
accrediting process ARC-ST and CAAHEP plays the role of a recommendation of the
ARC/STSA
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, Why is accreditation important for the program, the student, and employer? -
✔✔Accreditation is important because it helps determine if an institution meets or
exceeds the minimum standards of quality.
Define Certifacation - ✔✔Certification- Acknowledgment by a private agency that a
person has achieved a minimum level of knowledge and skill.
How is certification for the surgical technologist obtained? - ✔✔Receiving a passing
grade on the examination confers the right to certification and the title certified Surgical
Technologist.
Why is certification important? - ✔✔Certification is important because it demonstrates
that the student has obtained the knowledge and an understanding of the principles of
surgical technology
who is eligible to sit for a certification exam? - ✔✔A graduate of a Surgical technology
program that has been accredited by CAAHEP or by the ABHES.
The individual must have been previously or currently is a CST
Graduated from accredited military programs and previously certified surgical
technologists
What is NCCT certification, and who is eligible? - ✔✔The NCCT certification is the
National Center of Competency Testing, it is eligible for nonaccredited programs and
on job site training
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Exam Questions and Answers 100%
Pass | Approved
How does a Surgical Technologist become certified? - ✔✔You have to be certified by
the NBTSA and they have to pass the AST examination
What body oversees the certification process - ✔✔The body that oversees the
certification process is the National Board or Surgical Technology and Surgical
Assisting
What associations play a role in accrediting surgical technology programs? -
✔✔ARC/STSA - Accreditation Review Council on Education in surgical Technology
and surgical Assisting, CAAHEP- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs,and ABHES- Accrediting Bureau of Health education Schools.
What Role do the ARC-ST and CAAHEP play in the accrediting process? - ✔✔In the
accrediting process ARC-ST and CAAHEP plays the role of a recommendation of the
ARC/STSA
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, Why is accreditation important for the program, the student, and employer? -
✔✔Accreditation is important because it helps determine if an institution meets or
exceeds the minimum standards of quality.
Define Certifacation - ✔✔Certification- Acknowledgment by a private agency that a
person has achieved a minimum level of knowledge and skill.
How is certification for the surgical technologist obtained? - ✔✔Receiving a passing
grade on the examination confers the right to certification and the title certified Surgical
Technologist.
Why is certification important? - ✔✔Certification is important because it demonstrates
that the student has obtained the knowledge and an understanding of the principles of
surgical technology
who is eligible to sit for a certification exam? - ✔✔A graduate of a Surgical technology
program that has been accredited by CAAHEP or by the ABHES.
The individual must have been previously or currently is a CST
Graduated from accredited military programs and previously certified surgical
technologists
What is NCCT certification, and who is eligible? - ✔✔The NCCT certification is the
National Center of Competency Testing, it is eligible for nonaccredited programs and
on job site training
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