Jan 13, 2025  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog
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STS2944 - Clinical Practice I


Credits: 7
Prerequisites: STS 1302  and STS 1307  and STS 1327C  and STS 1340  
Corequisites: STS 2323  
This course is the first in a series of two clinical courses. This course is an introduction to the clinical environment of surgery, implementation of principles of aseptic technique, identification and use of instruments, suture, and needles, transportation and positioning of patients, and the development of skill in hand scrubbing, gowning, and gloving procedures. Students begin to concentrate on clinical experience by circulating and scrubbing on all phases of surgery. Students will rotate through various agencies within the tricounty and Central Florida area. Students are responsible for making their own transportation arrangements (32 hours of clinical experience per week for 14 weeks.)
Terms offered: W
Classification: Occupational



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