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About the Program

The Surgical Technology certificate is a four-semester sequence (including two summer terms) that prepares students to work in medical facilities as surgical technologists. Graduates of the program are qualified to take the national certification examination given by the Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST).

  • A limited number of students can be accepted into the Surgical Technology Program each year. Therefore, a screening process is used to select the academically best qualified of those who request consideration. The screening deadline is the first Wednesday in February. Preference is given to residents of Community College District 532 (CLC) and residents of other community college districts with which CLC has a Joint Education Agreement. To find out more about the screening process, please click on the Program Requirements link below.
  • Surgical Technology information sessions are held the first Thursday of each month (except January, June, and July) at 5:30pm in room D204. Attendance at an information session is required for screening eligibility.

Important notice!  The HOBET entrance test will NOT be utilized for health program applications after March 2010.  The publisher of the test will no longer be making the test and the College will be making a decision on a replacement in the near future.  In the meantime: 

1.  If you intend to apply for the spring 2010 2010 screening for Dental Hygiene, Health Information Technology, Medical Imagining, or Surgical Technology programs, take the HOBET test before the program's screening deadline.

2.  If you do NOT intend to apply for the spring 2010 screening but may apply for screening in a subsequent year, do NOT take the HOBET test as it will not be accepted in 2011 or later. When a decision has been made regarding the replacement test, it will posted on the website and in the catalog.  Return to the website frequently for more up-to-date information. 

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