SCI 102 Introduction to Allied Health

This course introduces students to the Allied Health professions offered at New England Institute of Technology. The course will cover topics generic to health care professionals, including basic skills, language and professional roles, and responsibilities.

ST 101 Introduction to Surgical Technology

An introduction to surgical technology, selected aspects of the roles of the perioperative team, types of hospitals and insurances will be presented. Principles of aseptic technique, standard precautions, and surgical positions are presented in class and simulated laboratory experience. Perioperative routines including understanding a health history, risk factors, informed consent, patients' rights, physical diagnosis skills, and scrubbing, gowning, and gloving are topics covered.

ST 120 Surgical Instrumentation

The care and handling of surgical instrumentation, instrument classification and recognition will be presented. The various types of sterilization methods as well as the proper manner to prepare surgical instruments for decontamination and sterilization will be included. Lab skills will include how to properly load and unload a knife handle, how to pass instruments correctly, and how to wrap instruments for sterilization.

ST 130 Surgical Procedures I

Fundamentals of surgical patient care essential to the work in the surgical suite are presented in class. Selected topics included are wound healing, environmental design and safety, biohazards, care of specimens, preparing and functioning in a sterile field, instrument classification and recognition, needle and suture classification, draping, legal responsibilities, and skill acquisition in gowning and gloving. Roles of team members in the operating room are highlighted.

ST 131 Surgical Procedures I Lab

Practice topics covered in ST 130 (Surgical Procedures I). Practice for skill acquisition, and instrument recognition and handling is expected, and the on-campus laboratory is open to students for practice.

ST 200 Surgical Procedures II

The knowledge, skills and professional behavior of a surgical technologist are developed in this course, which combines common health problems requiring surgical intervention, surgical procedures, intra-operative complications, instrumentation supplies, aseptic and special techniques, etc. Surgery of the abdomen, genitourinary, operative obstetrics, gynecological surgery, cancer (breast) surgery, orthopedic surgery, and intra-operative medications are some of the topics presented.

ST 201 Surgical Procedures II Lab

Laboratory practice of topics presented in ST 200 (Surgical Procedures II) leading to skill acquisition.

ST 220 Surgical Procedures III

A continuation of ST 200 (Surgical Procedures II), with common health problems and surgical specialties, i.e., thoracic, vascular, reconstructive, plastic, eye, and others. Clinical experience in the operating room provides an opportunity to develop skill in the full spectrum of the work. An overview of the roles of first and second scrub, first assistant, circulator, and the overall work of the surgical service is included.

BIO 131 Clinical Pathophysiology

An introduction to the processes of disease and the effects on the body, and the basic responses of cells, tissues, and organ systems to these disorders. General phenomena such as inflammation, immune response, and carcinogenesis will be considered as well as a survey of disorders common to the clinical setting characteristic of the various organ systems using a system by system approach.

BIO 130 Pharmacology

Presentation of the basic concepts of pharmacology with emphasis on the biological factors affecting the action of drugs, factors modifying drug response, and drug interactions. Basic fundamental principles of chemistry are covered as necessary background material.

SCI 100 Anatomy and Physiology I

A comprehensive study of the structure and function of the human body as a whole, emphasizing the normal, which will serve as a background for the application of scientific principles both in everyday life and in the work of various health disciplines. Systems covered include integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, and endocrine with respect to both histological and gross anatomy.

SCI 120 Anatomy and Physiology II

A continuation of Anatomy and Physiology I concentrating on circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.

ST 205 Advanced Topics in Surgical Technology

Prerequisite: ST 200
This course includes basic terms and priciples of electricity, physics, and robotics as they relate to safe patient care practices in the surgical environment.

PS 201 Introduction to Psychology

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of psychology. Topics include such areas as personality, intimate relationships, development over the life cycle, and cognition.