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Surgical First Assistant

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Program Snapshot
Academic CredentialCertificate
Total Credit Hours59
Average Time to Complete
Academic PathwayHealth Sciences
AdvisorBrittany Page, B.A.S., CST, CSFA
Coordinator, Surgical Services
850.769.1551, ext. 3551
bpage2@gulfcoast.edu

Academic Program SpecialistConnie Pimentel
850.913.3311
Health SciencesGCSC@gulfcoast.edu

Pathway NavigatorAli Payne
850.769.1551 ext. 5863
apayne7@gulfcoast.edu
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Surgical First Assistant, Certificate (SFA-CCC)

Prerequisite Courses: All must be completed with a “C” or better.
•+*BSC 2085Human Anat/Phy I3 credit hours
+*BSC 2085LHuman Anat/Phy I Lab1 credit hours
+*BSC 2086Human Anat/Phy II3 credit hours
+*BSC 2086LHuman Anat/Phy II Lab1 credit hours
#*HSC 1000Orient to Perioperative Srvcs3 credit hours
#*HSC 1000LOrient Perioperative Srvcs Lab1 credit hours
#*HSC 1531Medical Terminology2 credit hours
#HSC 2520Micro Perioperative Srvcs3 credit hours
Major Courses
+#*STS 1310Surgical Tech/Procedures5 credit hours
+#*STS 1310LSurgical Tech/Procedures Lab2 credit hours
#*STS 1340CPharmacology and Anesthesia3 credit hours
+#*STS 1940CIntro to Surgery Clinical2 credit hours
+#*STS 2323Surgical Procedures I4 credit hours
+#*STS 2323LSurgical Simulation Lab I1 credit hours
+#*STS 2324Surgical Procedures II3 credit hours
+#*STS 2324LSurgical Simulation Lab II1 credit hours
#+*STS 2330CPrin of Surgical Assisting2 credit hours
+#*STS 2335Adv Integrated Surg Sciences2 credit hours
+#*STS 2336Adv Surg Proc for Surg Asst2 credit hours
#*STS 2361The Art of Teamwork in Surgery1 credit hours
#*STS 2365Professional Skills for OR1 credit hours
+#*STS 2370Surgical Assisting Clinical2 credit hours
+#*STS 2936Surg Certification Symposium1 credit hours
+#*STS 2944CSurgical Clinical I3 credit hours
+#*STS 2945CSurgical Clinical II3 credit hours
#*STS 2953Surg Technologist Porfolio I1 credit hours
#*STS 2954Surg Technologist Portfolio II1 credit hours
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#*STS 2366CSA Professional Skills2 credit hours
#*STS 2367Management in Healthcare2 credit hours
Total Degree Hours59


• General Education Core.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
# Applies to AS degree and certificate programs.
= Career Certificate course.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.

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