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:
Date | Event |
March 1, 2022
June 1, 2022 |
Registration Begins
https://kch.hhsc.org/wp-content/uploads/Surgical_Tech_Program_Application_2022.pdf |
May 2 & 4, 2022 | *** Attendance to one of the two Informational Sessions on the Surgical Technology Program held on Monday, May 2, 2022 and Wednesday, May 4, 2022
May 2, 2022 at 8 am in Conference room 3 in the Business office building, ground floor. May 4, 2022 at 4 pm in Conference room 3 in the Business office building, ground floor Interested student dates for 2022 -2023: Held first Monday of each month in the classroom at 4:00 pm |
June 1, 2022 | Final deadline to summit Fall admission application. Post marked not later than June 1 , 2022 |
June 8 – 9, 2022 | Interview applicants on June 8, 2022 and June 9, 2022. 8 am – 12:30pm
** Date and time will be determined and applicant will be notified |
July 15, 2022 | Tuition Payment deadline July 15, 2022
*** Tuition not paid by deadline will result in losing your spot in the program. The next person on the list will get the opportunity |
August 1, 2022 | First day for class
Classroom and lab Phase I |
August 5, 2022 | Last day to withdraw from the program |
November 1, 2022 | Classroom and lab
Phase II |
2022-2023 Holidays | Days off for national Holidays:
Hawaiian holidays 2022-2023 Hawaii Admission Day Friday, Aug 19, 2022 Labor Day Monday, Sept 5, 2022 Veterans Day Friday, Nov 11, 2022 Christmas Monday, Dec 26, 2022 New Year’s Day Monday, Jan 2, 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, Jan 16, 2023 Washington’s Birthday Monday, Feb 20, 2023 Prince Kuhio Day Monday, Mar 27, 2023 Good Friday Friday, Apr 7, 2023 Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2023 King Kamehameha I Day Monday, June 12, 2023 Independence Day Tuesday, Jul 4, 2023 |
February 1, 2023 | First clinical rotation begins
Phase III |
April 3, 2023 | Second clinical rotation begins
Phase IV |
May 31, 2023 | National certification exam given to the class |
May 31, 2023 | Last day of school |
June 1, 2023 | Graduation ceremony |
June 3, 2023 | Final grades |