Surgical Technology Certificate

Certificate
Distance Learning Program

Offered through partnership with Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC)

The Surgical Technology Certificate is offered through a distance learning partnership between Piedmont Virginia Community College, Virginia Western Community College, and Lewis-Gale Medical Center. Students complete general education requirements at Virginia Western. Surgical technology courses are offered through PVCC at Virginia Western via web-based conferencing technology.

Purpose: This curriculum is designed to provide the community with individuals who can function as surgical technologists. This program of study will provide students with an entry-level career in the health care field that is rewarding, in demand, and provides an opportunity for career advancement.

Program Objectives: This three-semester Surgical Technology certificate program will prepare individuals to perform selected activities in the operating room as an entry-level member of the surgical team. The certificate curriculum is designed to provide graduates the opportunity to become nationally certified as a surgical technologist.

Developmental Requirements: Students who do not place into college-level English on the placement test will be required to take developmental courses.

Students who do not demonstrate proficiency on the placement test in the following mathematical units will be required to complete developmental courses: MTE 1 , MTE 2 , MTE 3 , MTE 4  and MTE 5 .

Admission Requirements: Students who plan to complete the program through distance education at Virginia Western should follow the PVCC application instructions located at http://www.pvcc.edu/programs/surgical-technology. Completion of the Surgical Technology program application is due by May 15 to Piedmont Virginia Community College. For more information please contact the Health and Life Sciences Division at PVCC: (434)  961-5445.