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Clinical I
ST112

YEAR:

2023-2024

CREDIT HOURS:

1.00

PREREQUISITES:

None

COREQUISITES:

None

COURSE NOTES:

None

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Clinical component in the surgical environment.

HutchCC INSTITUTION-WIDE OUTCOMES:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments by acquiring, analyzing, combining, and evaluating information.
  2. Demonstrate the skills necessary to access and manipulate information through various technological and traditional methods.
  3. Demonstrate effective communication through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  4. Demonstrate effective interpersonal and collaborative skills.
  5. Demonstrate effective quantitative-reasoning and computational skills.

AREA OR PROGRAM OUTCOMES

  1. Demonstrate through the performance of surgical principles and procedures the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments
  2. Demonstrate communication skills, both written and spoken, with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team
  3. Incorporate the roles and responsibilities of the surgical technologist as a member of the interdisciplinary team to meet the needs of the client and family
  4. Demonstrate accountability for actions, judgments, and responsibilities consistent with one's scope of practice within the legal and ethical framework of the surgical technologist
  5. Assume responsibility for personal and professional growth by participating in activities that enhance continuous learning, self-development and ensure high standards of surgical practice
  6. Demonstrate accountability for practicing in a manner that promotes the protection of the surgical team and surgical patient's safety
  7. Pass the National Certification Exam for Surgical Technologists

COURSE OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCIES:

  1. Demonstrates communication and interpersonal skills
    1. Employs effective communication techniques with team members and clinical instructors. (psychomotor)
    2. Displays empathy towards patients. (psychomotor)
    3. Displays empathy towards classmates/members of the surgical team. (psychomotor)
    4. Communicates courteously and effectively with all individuals. (psychomotor)
    5. Begins to help others in the clinical setting and classroom. (psychomotor)
    6. Maintains a professional attitude. (psychomotor)
    7. Seeks advice when appropriate in classroom and clinical setting. (psychomotor)
  2. Demonstrates knowledge of responsibility towards the learning experience
    1. Identifies daily objectives. (cognitive)
    2. Completes written clinical assignments. (psychomotor)
    3. Accepts constructive criticism. (affective)
    4. Completes assigned tasks. (psychomotor)
    5. Prepares for clinical. (psychomotor)
    6. Participates in %u201Cself evaluation%u201D to facilitate the learning experience. (psychomotor)
  3. Demonstrates an understanding of surgical conscience and the role of the surgical technologist, instrument technician, operating room assistant, and SPD technician
    1. Employs code of ethics for various job roles. (affective)
    2. Identifies roles/responsibilities of the surgical team. (cognitive)
    3. Refrains from discussing his/her personal problems and experiences. (affective)
    4. Recognizes limits of individual responsibility within the framework of these job descriptions. (affective)
    5. Recognizes the importance of AST competencies and AORN recommended practices. (affective)
    6. Recognizes situations that involve ethical and legal decisions as they relate to the role of the Surgical Technologist. (affective)
  4. Demonstrates employability skills
    1. Responds appropriately to constructive criticism from instructor/preceptor. (psychomotor)
    2. Employs acceptable health habits. (affective)
    3. Follows dress code in the clinical setting concerning proper attire, hair, cap, jewelry, make-up, uniform, socks/hose, fingernails. (psychomotor)
    4. Demonstrates reliability. (psychomotor)
    5. Demonstrates punctuality. (psychomotor)
    6. Notifies appropriate personnel concerning absenteeism and tardiness. (psychomotor)
    7. Completes assignments on time. (psychomotor)
  5. Describes and practices safety measures in the surgical
    1. Wears proper OR attire. (psychomotor)
    2. Employs the use of protective eyewear. (psychomotor)
    3. Demonstrates correct body mechanics when lifting, pulling, pushing. (psychomotor)
    4. Discuss motion and gravity related to safe practices in the OR. (cognitive)
    5. Employs universal precautions. (psychomotor)
    6. Demonstrates knowledge of electrical and fire safety in the surgical environment.
    7. Checks electrical equipment in the room. (psychomotor)
    8. Verifies exposure of supplies and equipment to a sterilization process and integrity of sterile packaging prior to opening. (psychomotor)
    9. Demonstrates proper handling of sharp objects and sharps safety. (psychomotor)
    10. Demonstrates techniques of sterilization and disinfection with assistance. (psychomotor)
    11. Demonstrates basic proficiency with sponge, needle, and instrument counts. (psychomotor)
  6. Demonstrates an understanding of the basic sciences related to surgical technology
    1. Correctly uses and responds to medical/surgical terminology in the clinical setting. (psychomotor)
    2. Relates current knowledge of anatomical structures and physiology to the surgical procedure.
    3. Applies the principles of aseptic technique. (affective)
    4. Accurately identifies anatomical structures involved in the surgical procedure. (affective)
    5. Identifies appropriate wound healing/wound closure material. (affective)
    6. Accurately assesses the surgery schedule. (affective)
    7. Applies the principles of aseptic techniques to surgical asepsis. (psychomotor)
  7. Demonstrates knowledge of the skills necessary to function safely and effectively as a surgical technologist
    1. Checks with the instructor or clinical site coordinator for assigned procedures. (psychomotor)
    2. Employs proper handwashing techniques. (psychomotor)
    3. Performs surgical hand and arm scrub with 100% accuracy. (psychomotor)
    4. Dries hands and arms with 100% accuracy. (psychomotor)
    5. Gowns and gloves self in three minutes with 100% accuracy. (psychomotor)
    6. Successfully demonstrates the open and closed method of changing gloves and the time to utilize each method. (psychomotor)
    7. Removes contaminated gloves/gown with 100% accuracy. (psychomotor)
    8. Identifies restricted areas in the surgical suite/department. (affective)
    9. Identifies semi-restricted areas in the surgical suite/department. (affective)
    10. Measures and pours sterile solutions accurately. (psychomotor)
    11. Demonstrates sound knowledge regarding assessments of a %u201Csterile item.%u201D (affective)
    12. Opens sterile supplies with 100% accuracy. (psychomotor)
    13. Drapes mayo with accuracy. (psychomotor)
    14. Sets up back table with assistance for general surgical procedures. (psychomotor)
    15. Employs basic knowledge and assessments of surgical instrumentation. (affective)
    16. Picks suture according to the case requisition and prepares sutures, passing suture/ties effectively with assistance. (psychomotor)
    17. Demonstrates knowledge of draping procedure/type of drapes required for general surgery. (affective)
    18. Assists with passing instruments to surgeon/assistant. (psychomotor)
    19. Capable of maintaining sterile field. (psychomotor)
    20. Demonstrates proper care and handling of drugs/solutions on the sterile field. (psychomotor)
    21. Demonstrates proper instrument processing, tray components, organization of instruments in the trays, cleaning, and correct type of sterilization process. (psychomotor)
    22. Demonstrates accurate instrument, sponge, and sharp counts. (psychomotor)
  8. Demonstrates an understanding of legal and ethical responsibilities as applied to the surgical technologist%u2019s role
    1. Refrains from discussing patient and/or their diagnosis and surgery except with authorized staff and instructors. (affective)
    2. Defines the Patient%u2019s Bill of Rights. (cognitive)
    3. Verifies important patient records and relates them to the surgical experience. (affective)
  9. Employs consistent post-procedural decontamination and preparation for subsequent patient care
    1. Assists with the returning equipment to the proper location. (psychomotor)
    2. Correctly follows general housekeeping procedures in the surgical suites. (psychomotor)
    3. Assists with appropriate preparation of instruments for decontamination. (psychomotor)
    4. Assists with surgery suite turnover consistently. (psychomotor)
  10. Demonstrates the need for preoperative planning and individualized preparation for each surgical intervention.
    1. Cites the importance of the patient interview in the preanesthesia setting. (affective)
    2. Relates the importance of the review of the patient%u2019s records correlating the history to the surgical procedure. (affective)
    3. Locates case requisition and / or surgeon%u2019s procedure cards. (psychomotor)
    4. Employs case requisition / surgeon%u2019s procedure cards to assist in the selection of instruments and supplies for the surgical procedure. (psychomotor)
    5. Locates furniture required in the operating room. (psychomotor)
    6. Locates equipment required for surgical procedure. (psychomotor)
  11. Demonstrates knowledge of and assists with surgical procedures.
    1. Identifies the preoperative diagnosis. (cognitive)
    2. Displays basic proficiency with post-operative diagnosis. (affective)
    3. Identifies types of incisions. (cognitive)
    4. Identifies types of wound closure materials. (cognitive)
    5. Selects with assistance, equipment, instrumentation and supplies for specific surgical procedures. (psychomotor)
    6. Demonstrates knowledge of proper care and handling of specimens. (affective)
  12. Performs patient care procedures related to the surgical environment and methods for meeting patient%u2019s needs.
    1. Performs patient transfer/transportation techniques. (psychomotor)
    2. Assists with safe positioning and restraining of patients for surgery. (psychomotor)
  13. Demonstrates skills of accurate documentation.
    1. Utilizes proper spelling. (psychomotor)
    2. Utilizes proper grammar. (psychomotor)
    3. Utilizes proper descriptive terms relating to the surgical environment. (psychomotor)
    4. Correctly reads sterilization monitoring records (psychomotor)
    5. Correctly follows institutional guidelines when sterilizing instruments. (psychomotor)
    6. Appropriately documents instruments/instrument trays pre-procedure, during procedure and post-procedure. (psychomotor)

COURSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

1. Evaluation 2. Competencies

ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT:

Any student who has a documented disability and wishes to access academic accommodations (per the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disability Act) must contact the HCC Coordinator of Disability Services, at 620-665-3554, or the Student Success Center, Parker Student Union. The student must have appropriate documentation on file before accommodations can be provided.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

Education requires integrity and respect for HutchCC's institutional values. HutchCC students are required to maintain honesty through a "responsible acquisition, discovery, and application of knowledge" in all academic pursuits. Preserving and upholding academic honesty is the responsibility of Hut chCC students, faculty, administrators and staff.

I. Student Responsibilities

All HutchCC students are required to:

  • Submit all work in all courses without cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, sabotage, or academic dishonesty as defined below.
  • Provide all academic records such as transcripts and test scores that are free of forgery.
  • Refrain from participating in the academic dishonesty of any person.
  • Use only authorized notes and student aids.
  • Use technology appropriately, including refraining from submitting AI (Artificial Intelligence)-generated work without express written consent from your instructor.
  • Protect the security of passwords/login/privacy/electronic files, and maintain sole individual access for any online course information.

II. Definition of Academic Dishonesty

  • Academic dishonesty is any intentional act, or attempted act, of cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, dissimulation, forgery, or sabotage in academic work.
  • Cheating includes using unauthorized materials of any kind, whether hard copies, online, or electronic, such as unapproved study aids in any academic work, copying another student's work, using an unauthorized "cheat sheet" or device, or purchasing or acquiring an essay online or from another student.
  • Fabrica tion is the invention or falsification of any information or citation in any academic work, such as making up a source, providing an incorrect citation, or misquoting a source.
  • Plagiarism is the representation of words, ideas and other works that are not the student's own as being original to the student. A no n-inclusive list of examples includes work completed by someone else, work generated by an external entity (such as AI), omitting a citation for work used from another source, or borrowing the sequence of ideas, arrangement of material, and/or pattern of thought of work not produced by the student, even though it may be expressed in the student's own words.
  • Dissimulation is the obscuring of a student's own actions with the intention of deceiving others in any academic work, such as fabricating excuses for absences or missed assignments, or feigning attendance.
  • Forgery of academic documents is the unauthorized altering, falsification, misrepresentation, or construction of any academic document, such as changing transcripts, changing grades on papers or on exams which have been returned, forging signatures, manipulating a digital file of academic work, or plagiarizing a translation.
  • Sabotage is any obstruction or attempted obstruction of the academic work of another student, such as impersonating another student, stealing or ruining another student's academic work.
  • Aiding and abetting academic dishonesty is considered as knowingly facilitating any act defined above.
  • Academic honesty violations can also include the omission or falsification of any information on an application for any HutchCC academic program.

III. Sanctions for Academic Dishonesty

Students who violate the Academic Honesty Policy may be subject to academic or administrative consequences.

Instructor Sanctions for Violation:

Students suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy may be charged in writing by their instructor and any of the following may apply:

  • Assign Avoiding Plagiarism Bridge Module
  • Receiving written warning that could lead to more severe sanction if a second offense occurs
  • Revising the assignment/work in question for partial credit
  • Voiding work in question without opportunity for make-up
  • Reducing the grade for work in question
  • Lowering the final course grade
  • Failing the work in question

Institutional Sanctions for Violation:

Students charged with academic dishonesty, particularly in instances of repeated violations, may further be subjected to an investigation and any of the following may apply:

  • Instructor recommendation to the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) to dismiss the student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA to dismiss student from the course in which the dishonesty occurs with a grade of 'F." Student will not be allowed to take a 'W' for the course
  • Instructor recommendation to the VPAA that the student be suspended and/or dismissed from the program
  • Student barred from course/program for a set period of time or permanently
  • May be recommended by the instructor (after documented repeated offenses) to the VP AA that the student be placed on probation, suspended and/or dismissed from the institution.

IV. Procedure

  • Instructor will communicate in writing via the student's HutchCC email account and/or LearningZone email account to the student suspected of violating the Academic Honesty Policy.  That communication may include sanction(s). Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • For each violation, the instructor will submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form to the Department Chair. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation form.
  • Should the instructor choose to pursue institutional sanctions, the instruct or shall notify the student in writing via the student's HutchCC email account.  Instructor shall also submit a completed Academic Honesty Violation Form and all prior completed forms regarding said student to the Department Chair and the office of the VPAA with recommendation to proceed with specific Institutional Sanctions. Department Chair will notify the student's academic advisor upon receipt of the Academic Honesty Violation Form.
  • The decision of the VPAA on Institutional Sanction is final. The VPAA will notify the student's academic advisor of any institutional sanctions.

V. Due Process Rights

Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

Academic Honesty Appeal Process

I. Due Process Rights: Students charged with violations of academic honesty have the right of appeal and are assured of due process through the Academic Honesty Appeal process.

  • If an instructor has recommended course or program dismissal, the student may continue in coursework (provi ding there are no threatening or security behavioral issues) until appeal processes are concluded. However, if an issue has been documented at a partnership location (e.g., clinical sites, secondary institutions, correctional or military facilities), then the student is no longer eligible to continue participation in internships, apprenticeships, and/or clinical-based practice. For clinical sites, this sanction is immediate.

II. Process

If the student disagrees with the charge of a violation of academic honesty, the student has the right to due process as described in the Academic Honesty Appeal process below:

  • If the matter is not resolved upon communicating with the instructor about the violation, the student shall, within five business days of the issuance of the written notice of violation, submit a completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form and supporting documentation to the appropriate department chairperson to initiate an Academic Honesty Appeal.
  • Within two business days of receiving the student's completed Academic Honesty Appeal Form, the Department Chair and VPAA will review and the VPAA will render a decision.
  • Within two business days, a response will be sent to the student's HutchCC email address. The VPAA's decision is final.

INCOMPLETE GRADE:

Instructors may give a student a grade of Incomplete (I) under the following conditions:

  1. The student must initiate the request prior to the time final course grades are submitted to Records.
  2. The request must be made because of an emergency, illness or otherwise unavoidable life-event.
  3. The instructor must agree to the request before a grade of Incomplete can be submitted.
  4. A written contract between the instructor and student, signed by both, will document the work required and date needed to complete course work.
  5. If a student does not complete the course requirements within the time frame established by the instructor, a grade of "F" will be recorded on the student's transcript at the end of the next semester.

PROGRAM ACCREDITATION:

Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
25400 US Highway 19 N., Suite 158
Clearwater, FL 33763
727-210-2350

Accreditation Review Committee on Education for Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting< br />6 W. Dry Creek Circle, Suite 110
Littleton, CO 80120
303-694-9262

HLC ACCREDITATION:

Hutchinson Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The Higher Learning Commission is one of six regional institutional accreditors recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Last Revised: 02/19/2020