Part I: Surgical Technology Principles 1. Surgical Technology: The Profession and the Professional 2. Health Care Facility Structure and Environment 3. Communication and Teamwork 4. Medicolegal Aspects of Surgical Technology 5. Death, Dying and the Psychosocial Needs of the Patient 6. Diagnostic and Assessment Procedures 7. Environmental Hazards 8.
Energy Sources in Surgery 9. Disaster Preparedness and Response 10. Microbes and the Process of Infection 11. Decontamination, Sterilization, and Disinfection 12. Surgical Instruments 13. Sterile Technique and Infection Control 14. Surgical Skills I: Planning a Case, Opening, and Start of Surgery 15. Surgical Skills II: Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Period 16.
Moving, Handling, and Positioning the Surgical Patient 17. Surgical Skin Preparation and Draping 18. Perioperative Pharmacology 19. Anesthesia, Physiological Monitoring, and Postanesthesia Recovery Part II: Surgical Technology Practice 20. General Surgery 21. Minimally Invasive Surgery 22. Robotic-Assisted Surgery 23. Gynecological and Obstetrical Surgery 24.
Genitourinary Surgery 25. Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx 26. Ophthalmic Surgery 27. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 28. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 29. Orthopedic Surgery 30. Neurosurgery 31. Vascular and Microvascular Surgery 32.
Thoracic and Pulmonary Surgery 33. Cardiac Surgery 34. Pediatric Surgery 35. Emergency Trauma Surgery.