Course Outcome Summary 2026-27

SURG 1470 Surgical Internship

Course Information

Course information
Course Number SURG 1470
Course Title Surgical Internship
Description Students will continue scrubbing in a hospital operating room. This internship will allow students to perform in the role of first scrub. Students will assist in a variety of surgeries and related duties, and will apply knowledge of surgical techniques, procedures, equipment, instruments, and supplies along with increasingly developing their skills to more complex procedures. (Prerequisites: SURG 1100, SURG 1220, SURG 1240, SURG 1330, SURG 1340, SURG 1450. Corequisite: SURG 1460)
Total Credits 5
Total Hours 240
Types of Instruction: instruction type, credits, and hours
Instruction Type Credits and Hours
Internship 5 Credits, 240 Hours

Pre/Corequisites

Corequisite: SURG 1460
Prerequisite: SURG 1100, SURG 1220, SURG 1240, SURG 1330, SURG 1340, SURG 1450

Course Competencies

  1. Demonstrate wound management.
  2. Identify safety procedures that apply to surgical technology.
  3. Describe legal issues and risk management.
  4. Explain all-hazards preparation.
  5. Identify specimen care.
  6. Explain tissue replacement materials.
  7. Review emergency patient situations.
  8. Explain duties of the second scrub role.
  9. Describe and demonstrate the assistant circulator role.
  10. Demonstrate environmental disinfection of the operating room.
  11. Apply sterile processing techniques.
  12. Explain death and dying.
  13. Describe the breakdown of the sterile field.
  14. Demonstrate the application of dressings.
  15. Describe hemostasis.
  16. Determine the needs of the patient.
  17. Apply knowledge of surgical supplies.
  18. Complete a minimum of 120 cases.

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