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Provider Information

Name:

Indiana University Health AHC

Provider Location Address:

1701 N Senate Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Provider Location Status:

Staff Approved

URL:

http://iuhealth.org/hse

Summary

Description Description

Qualifications of Instructors:

The program director, Terry Myers, RN, has an Associate of Science in nursing from Indiana University awarded 5/12/1996. License number 28134288A. Terry Myers, RN has been the IU Health surgical technology program director since 1997 and was a surgical technologist from 1979 until 1996.

The other faculty are certified surgical technologists (CST) and have been practicing CSTs for more than 15 years. They are current with their certifications which are issued by the National Board of Surgical Technologist and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA).

Michelle Whitlow, CST, Certification number: 90377 current until 1/14/2026. Date originally certified: 6/1/1997

Katherine Holderfield, CST, Certification number: 1005601 current until 5/15/2026. Date originally certified: 5/15/2006

Program Description:

The program meets full-time for 12 months. three trimesters. Classroom lecture or lecture/lab combination for 644 contact hours. The clinical portion is completed in the surgery department of several major hospitals for 688 contact hours. Students are educated to function effectively in a surgical setting as a surgical technologist, encompassing all the essential competencies defined in the entry-level competencies for surgical technologists. They are also prepared to apply, take, and pass the national certification exam. After completion of the program, graduates are qualified to work as surgical technologists. Applicants to the program must have a minimum of an Associate or have been accepted into the University of Saint Francis and have completed 24 of their credit hours. Once the student completes the program, the University of Saint Francis will award an AAS degree.

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Classification of Instructional Programs:

51.0909 Surgical Technology/Technologist A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and surgical nurses, to maintain, monitor, and enforce the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Includes instruction in instrument and equipment sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring, maintenance of hemostasis, and patient and team scrubbing.

Program Prerequisite:

Associate Degree

Prerequisites Description:

The applicant must have earned the minimum of an associate degree or have been accepted into the College of Health Sciences-University of Saint Francis and will have completed the AAS in health science degree requirements of 24 credit hours prior to the start of the program

Application Deadlines:

Mid-April

Refund Policy:

https://iuhealth.org/professional-education/health-sciences-education/surgical-technologist

Admissions Admissions

% Offered Online: 0
Program Activities:
- % Instructor-Led: 33
- % Lab/Field Work: 67
- % Self-Study: 0
Times Offered: Day
Length of Training: 12 month(s)
Number of Credits: 1332 instructional hours
Weekly Clock Hours: 40.00 Hours
Percent Admitted: 28%

Offered to General Public:

Yes

Career Counseling:

Yes

Job Placement Offered:

Placement Assistance Available:

Yes

Part-time Enrollment:

Yes

Financial Information Financial Information

Tuition:

$4,200.00

Admission Fees:

$100.00

Books:

$636.00

Supplies:

$0.00

Tools:

$0.00

Labs:

$0.00

Miscellaneous:

$60.00

Average Cost Per Credit Hour/Class:

$3.75

Total Cost of Program:

4,996.00

Certificate of Completion:
- $0.00
- Included in the tuition:
- No
Accredited short-term certificate (< Associate degree):
- $250.00
- Included in the tuition:
- No

Financial Aid Financial Aid

Financial Aid:

None

Provider Offers Financial Aid:
No

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