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Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology
The recommended appropriate curriculum template for an educational program that provides the expected entry-level knowledge for the surgical technologist.
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Accreditation Review Council on Education Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA)
A committee on accreditation that is under the large umbrella of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), which oversees the accreditation processes of surgical technology education programs
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Acronym
A word formed by the initial letters of the principal components of a compound term
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Ambulatory Surgical Center
Facility where patients are treated and released the same day; also known as outpatient surgery or same-day surgery center
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Association of Surgical Technologists (AST)
The nonprofit national professional membership organization for surgical technologists and surgical assistants
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Circulator
Nonsterile surgical team member who moves about the periphery of the sterile field
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Competency
(1)Skill; (2)ability; (3)statements that establish the level of skill or quality needed to be able to perform the job duties of a profession
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Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
A physician who treats patients in a holistic manner and emphasizes the use of manipulative techniques for correcting abnormalities thought to cause disease and inhibit recovery
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Emergent
Surgical pathology that is life threatening
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Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Health care organization that serves as both the insurer and provider of medical services; typically, a group of physicians provides services to a population of clients who voluntarily enroll in the program
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Intraoperative
Occurs during the surgical intervention
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National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
Organization that is solely responsible for all decisions regarding certification, from determining eligibility to maintaining, denying, granting, and renewing the designation.
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Optional
Surgical intervention that does not have to be performed in order to preserve life or limb
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Postoperative
Period of time after surgery when the patient is recovering
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Preceptor
Instructor or tutor who demonstrates the general rules of conduct and procedures and guides the students while they are practicing or performing
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Preoperative
Period of time before the surgical procedure begins
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Professional
An individual who has special education and experience in a given field and who meets certain competency-based and ethical criteria
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Proprietary
Organization or company that is owned and operated by an individual or corporation with the intent of making a profit that is returned to the investors; the profit is taxable
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The Joint Commission
An independent, nonprofit national organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health care organizations
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Urgent
Surgical pathology requiring treatment within a relatively short period of time
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Vesalius
Father of modern anatomy who openly challenged and corrected the scientific anatomical writings of Galen by dissecting cadavers to illustrate anatomy
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1500 B.C.
Vedas (Hindu)
Correlates "sweet smell" of urine with a specific disease
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1000 B.C.
Homer
Early Greek history/myth provides a view of military medicine of the day
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500 B.C.
Aristotle
Established an early "scientific: mindset; founder of comparative anatomy
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25000 B.C.
Celsus
Described the signs of inflammation
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A.D. 500
Galen
First great anatomist; controlled thought, unchallenged, for 1500 years; biology made to serve theology
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1500
Pare
Greatest surgeon of the 16th century; began to ligate arteries after amputation; stopped cauterizing wounds with hot irons and oil
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1500
Vesalius
Father of modern anatomy; challenged Galen openly and correctly; performed dissections on human cadavers himself; used illustrators to create permanent records; changed the whole approach to anatomical studies
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1800
Jenner
Inventor of the vaccination for smallpox
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1850
Pasteur
Father of microbiology, virology, and immunology
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1850
Lister
Developed technique of antiseptic surgery
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1850
Halsted
Developed meticulous closure of wounds
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1850
Roentgen
Developed the X-ray machine
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1900
Cushing
Father of neurosurgery; reduced mortality rate for meningiomas from 96% to 5%
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1950
Cooley
Perfected the heart-lung machine; performed first U.S. heart transplant and first total artifical heart implant
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1950
DeBakey
Developed the first ventricular assist pump
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1980s
Technological revolution begins; endoscopic surgery becomes routine
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1990s
Computer age changes surgery; stereotactic approach to neurosurgery; virtual reality offers promise for education and clinical practice
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2000s
Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) techniques, including lasers and robotic-assisted surgery, continue to evolve with the advances in biotechnology
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