MARION — Marion Technical College (MTC) has added a new degree program to its healthcare department lineup. Beginning this fall, MTC is offering surgical technology, which provides training for ...

One student described being in the operating room for a brain surgery. Another provided details of a leg amputation. There also were students who were in the room for a Cesarean section birth, a ...

The program was created to address a national shortage of surgical technologists, driven by an aging population and a decline in accredited programs.

Moberly Area Community College surgical technology program student Carleigh Phillips, 22, right, prepares to give Kenzie Marty, 19, a surgical instrument Tuesday during a passing technique exercise.

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

As doctors perform surgery, they have a solid support team around them in the operating room to ensure that procedures run smoothly. In fact, these medical professionals – who are known as surgical ...

CENTRAL PARK – Clark College is expanding its health care education offerings with a new surgical technology program, equipping students with the skills to assist surgeons and nurses in operating ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Three Rivers College has launched a program geared toward preparing students to become Surgical Technologists. The program is a response to the local area's need for more people ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Four area students recently graduated from the Cherokee Nation Surgical Technology Program. The program’s graduating class included valedictorian Addison Backwater of Tahlequah, ...

(TNS) — This fall, Clark College will launch a new surgical technology program, the first of its kind in Southwest Washington. The two-year program will provide students with the skills to support ...