Clinical & Graduation Requirements:
Clinical student must complete a minimum of 120 cases in the first scrub role to graduate.
The student must complete a minimum of 30 cases in General Surgery:
20 must be performed in the first scrub role. The other 10 can be performed in either the first or second role.
The student must complete a minimum of 90 cases in various surgical specialties, excluding General surgery. 60 of these cases must be in the first scrub role and distributed among a minimum four surgical specialties.
The goal of the surgical rotation is to contribute to the development of an organized, well-rounded, entry –level surgical technologist. To apply the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains from the classroom to the clinical setting.
| Surgical Specialty | Total # of Cases Required | Minimum # of First Scrub Cases Required | Maximum # of Second Scrub Cases That can be Applied Towards 120 Cases Required |
| General Surgery | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| Surgical Specialties | 90 | 60 | 30 |
| Totals | 120 | 80 | 40 |
Clinical Rotations:
Surgical rotation is a requirement for graduation from Kona Community Hospital Surgical Technology Program. The first part of the program is skills development in classroom and lab. After passing classroom/laboratory practical exam each student will be placed in a clinical rotation. This will involve pulling surgical cases, scrubbing, and gowning, gloving, setting up the operating room, sterile environment and scrubbing into surgical cases. The clinical student will be involved in surgical cases with the assistance of a preceptor. All students will be involved in patient care; preoperatively, intraoperatively, postoperatively.
Students will be rotating through several clinical sites. Other sites may be added in the future.
Academic Calendar: See Updated Attachment for 2024-2025 Calendar
| Date | Event | |
| March 1, 2025
June 1, 2025 |
Registration Begins | |
| May 5 & 6, 2025 | *** Attendance to one of the two Informational Sessions on the Surgical Technology Program held on Monday, May 5, 2025 @ 8 am and Wednesday, May 6, 2025@ 4 pm
81-980 Halekii St (Kealakekua Plaza) Education Department Kealakekua , HI 96750
Interested student dates for 2023-2024: In–person information session by appointment only 808-333-6771 |
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| June 1, 2025 | Final deadline to summit Fall admission application. Post marked not later than June 1 , 2023 | |
| June 22,2025 and June 23, 2025 | Interview applicants on June 22, 2025 and June 23, 2025
8 am – 12:30pm ** Date and time will be determined and applicant will be notified |
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| July 14, 2025 | Tuition Payment deadline July 14, 2025
*** Tuition not paid by deadline will result in losing your spot in the program. The next person on the list will get the opportunity ***Tuition is paid to the billing department at Kona Community Hospital |
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| August 1, 2025 | First day for class
Classroom and lab Phase I |
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| August 8, 2025 | Last day to withdraw from the program | |
| November 3, 2025 | Classroom and lab
Phase II |
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| 2025 – 2026 Holidays | Days off for national Holidays: Hawaiian holidays 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Day , Jan 20, 2025 Washington’s Birthday , Feb 17, 2025 Monday Prince Kuhio Day , Mar 26, 2025 **OFF MID TERM March 26- April 1 , 2025 Good Friday April 18 , 2025 Friday Memorial Day , May 26, 2025 Monday King Kamehameha Day June 11, 2025 Wednesday Juneteenth Freedom Day June 19, 2025 Thursday Independence Day July 4, 2025 Friday Statehood Day August 15, 2024 Friday Labor Day September 1, 2025 Monday Veteran’s Day November 11, 2025 Tuesday Thanksgiving November 27, 2025 Thursday *** Class Friday off Nov 26- 30 Christmas December 25, 2025 Thursday ** Class off Dec 24- Jan 1 2026
Days off for national Holidays: Hawaiian holidays 2026
January 1, 2026 New year’s Day Thursday January 19, 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Day February 16, 2065 Washington’s Birthday March 26, 2026 Prince Kuhio Day *** Class off March 26- April 1, 2026 April 3, 2026 Good Friday May 25, 2026 Memorial Day June 11, 2026 King Kamehameha I Day Thursday June 19, 2026 Juneteenth Friday July 4, 2026 Independence Day Saturday August 21, 2026 Statehood Day Friday September 7, 2026 Labor Day Monday November 11, 2026 Veterans Day Wednesday November 26, 2025 Thanksgiving Day ** Class off Wednesday Nov 25-30, 2026 December 25, 2025 Christmas Day ** Class off Dec 23-Jan 2, 2026 |
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| January 2, 2026 | First Day of Clinical – Clinical Rotation 1 | |
| March 10, 2026 | Start of Second Clinical Rotation 2 | |
| March 26- April 2, 2026 | OFF MID TERM VACATION TIME | |
| May 26, 2026 | National certification exam given to the class | |
| May 29, 2026 | Graduation Ceremony | |
| May 29, 2026 | Last day of school |