Surgical Technology Clinical Requirements

During the clinical portion of the program, students must complete a minimum of 120 cases.  The required clinical case requirements are defined by the Association of Surgical Technologists in the Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology, 6th edition. The breakdown of cases and specialties is as follows:

Surgical SpecialtyTotal # of Cases RequiredMinimum # of First Scrub Cases RequiredAdditional First or Second Scrub Role Cases That Can Be Applied Toward 120 Cases
General Surgery 30 20 10
Surgical Specialties: 
Cardiothoracic
ENT
Eye
GU
Neuro 
ObGyn
Oral/Maxillofacial
Orthopedics
Peripheral Vascular
Plastics 
9060minimum of 10 cases in four (4) different specialties must be performed in FS role.Additional 20 cases in the FS may be distributed amongst any one specialty or multiple specialites 30Remaining cases may be performed in any surgical specialty in either FS or SS role. 
Diagnostic Endoscopy: 
Bronchoscopy
Colonoscopy
Cystoscopy
EGD 
ERCP
Esophagoscopy
Laryngoscopy
Panendoscopy  
Ureteroscopy 
10 diagnostic endoscopy cases may be applied only toward the Second Scrub Role cases.
Optional Labor and Delivery5 vaginal delivery cases may be applied only toward the SS role.
Totals:1208040