SUR 120 - Surgical Seminar

Class: 2 Credits: 2
This course includes the comprehensive correlation of theory and practice in the perioperative role.

Course Topics:

Medical Terms
Weights and Measures
Microorganisms
Infection Control
Drugs in Surgery
Surgical Environment
Surgical Asepsis
Patient Evaluation
Wound Management
Instrumentation/Equipment
Surgical Counts

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn Web site

Required Materials:

All surgical texts, anatomy text, notes, and related materials from previous units.

Grading System:
Students must maintain a final overall average of “80”. An average of less than “80” will prevent students from continuing in the program.

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59

Student Learning Outcomes:

Apply medical terms as they relate to surgery.
Calculate weights and measures in the metric, apothecary, and household measurement system.
Assess the characteristics of microorganisms as they relate to the surgical field.
Analyze infection control as it relates to the surgical patient.
Distinguish and assess the use of drugs used in surgery.
Analyze the surgical environment to include the operating room team, the operating room suite, occupational hazards, safety risk management, and ethical, moral, and legal issues.
Assess surgical asepsis to include decontamination and sterilization, aseptic technique, draping, the surgical scrub, and preoperative preparation.
Evaluate the care of the preoperative surgical patient.
Evaluate the care of the intraoperative and postoperative surgical patient.
Evaluate wound management to include type of wounds, wound healing, drains, catheters, wound closure materials and dressings.
Classify surgical instrumentation and equipment, analyzing their use.
Appraise the process of surgery to include counts.

For SCC Online Courses:
If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Policies that include:

Required materials for all online courses
Mandatory Attendance Requirement
Proctored Exams

Face Covering Requirements:
All faculty, staff and students must wear a face mask/covering at all times (absent a medical condition) on all SCC campuses when safe social distancing measures are not possible or difficult to follow. For further details, refer to the Student Guidelines for Face Coverings and Social Distancing on the SCC Coronavirus COVID-19 Information page.

Standard SCC Course Policies:
Please review the Standard SCC Course Polices on the following topics:

Academic Integrity
Academic Misconduct
Add/Drop period
Appeals Process
Class Attendance
Classroom Behavior (traditional and online)
Classroom Conduct/Expectations
Lab Procedures (general SCC policy regarding this)
Online Confidentiality
Services For Students with Disabilities
Withdrawal Policy

Official Course Syllabus
2020-2021