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Surgiccal Technolo gy
Accelerrated Alterna
ate Delivery ((AAD) Progrram
(For all stu
udents in the program
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Jannuary 2015 orr later)
General Informatiion
The Acccelerated Allternate Deliv
very (AAD) Pathway in Su
urgical Technoology was devveloped to asssist currentlyy practicing
non-ceertified surgiccal technologiists to obtain the
t education
nal backgrounnd required too be eligible too sit for the N
National Board
d
of Surggical Technollogy and Surg
gical Assisting (NBSTSA)) certifying exxam.
Surgiccal technologiists interested
d in this prograam must fit in
nto one of twoo groups:
1. Form
mally trained surgical tech
hnologists who
o completed their
t
educatioon from a nonn-Commissionn on Accredittation of Allieed
Healthh Education Programs (CA
AAHEP) accreedited program
m in surgical technology;
or
2. On tthe job trained surgical tecchnologists wh
ho have comp
pleted 120 caases as a surgiical technologgist.
The AA
AD program in Surgical Technology
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is a 47-credit program.
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Up tto twenty-fivee of those creddits may be ggranted by
docum
mented work experience
e
in the field. Thee remaining tw
wenty-two creedits represennt seven courses to be takeen through Neew
Englannd Institute off Technology's online distaance educatio
on program.
Successsful completion of all AA
AD requiremen
nts establishees eligible-to-ttest status to tthe completerr for the Natioonal Board off
Surgiccal Technolog
gy and Surgicaal Assisting Certified
C
Surg
gical Technoloogist (CST) ccertifying exaam. The Surgiical
Technoology program
m of study is accredited by
y the Commisssion on Accrreditation of A
Allied Health Education Prrograms
(CAAH
HEP).
Questio
ons and Answ
wers
1. Where do my classes meet?
nline, there arre no times when
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students are required tto meet in a ttraditional on--campus
Since tthe ST AAD program is on
classrooom. At a min
nimum, you will
w need to lo
og on weekly for your assiggnments. Facculty may schhedule (at theiir discretion)
online discussions or
o other activiities through the
t online leaarning softwar
are that may reequire you to attend class aat a specific
time. T
These session
ns may be reco
orded for stud
dents to accesss at a later tim
me. Howeverr, most online work is expeected to be
compleeted based on
n the student'ss schedule witthin the conteext of the couurse requiremeents.
hat do I need to know?
2. I’m not familiarr with online courses. Wh
You’lll need basic faamiliarity witth your compu
uter. For exam
mple: emailinng, using the W
Web, and dow
wnloading and attaching
docum
ments. No speccial equipmen
nt is required – just a modeern Windows or Mac compputer, an “offfice suite” succh as Microso
oft
Office, and a broadb
band internet connection.
New E
England Tech online coursees are designeed to help accclimate you too the technoloogy, and buildd your skills aand your
confidence as you go.
g We offer support
s
24 x 7 via phone, email
e
or chat to help you w
with computerr or online syystem issues.
Tablet computers caan be useful for
f doing courrse readings, watching couurse videos, aand catching uup on course ddiscussions.
But a ttablet will nott be sufficientt for doing alll your course work – be suure you have rregular accesss to a real lapptop or desktop.
ning their ownn computer’s hardware andd software. New England
Onlinee students must be capable of installing and maintain
Tech ddoes not assistt students witth the setup of their compu
uters. Informaation about obbtaining softw
ware (if requirred) will be
made aavailable to you
y at the startt of each courrse.
al computer skills
s
in ordeer to take an online coursse?
3. Do I need specia
You w
will need to bee able to comffortably navig
gate the Intern
net, use emaill, attach docuuments to emaail, install sofftware and
hardwaare on your home
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computeer at a basic leevel.
4. How
w can I get heelp for my co
oursework when
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I need itt?
There are several ways
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that you can get the heelp you need with
w your couursework. Firrst, your instruuctor will be available to
you thrrough email, chat and the phone
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and NE
EIT’s Academ
mic Skills Cennter will be av
available via eemail and phoone.
w much time should I exp
pect to dedica
ate to an onliine course?
5. How
New E
England Tech’s policy regaarding the am
mount of work expected of a student is siimilar to all oother colleges and
universities. The nu
umber of cred
dit hours assig
gned to courseework is relatted to the acaddemic time a student is exppected to spen
nd
in direct faculty insttruction and out-of-class
o
work,
w
and reassonably approoximates one hour of classsroom or direcct faculty
instrucction and a miinimum of tw
wo hours of ou
ut-of-class stu
udent work eaach week for aapproximatelly ten weeks ffor one hour of
o
credit; or at least an
n equivalent amount
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of worrk for other accademic activvities as estabblished by Neew England T
Tech including
g
t the award of
o credit hourrs. Since this is an online ccourse and theere is no “classs
studyinng and exam preparation tiime, leading to
time orr direct instru
uction” you sh
hould estimate that you willl spend threee hours each w
week for eachh credit.
or help with technical issues?
6. Where do I go fo
The Reesponse Desk
k at NEIT is available
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throu
ugh email and
d the phone. P
Please undersstand the Respponse Desk can only assistt
you wiith access to your
y
online acccount. The Response
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Dessk cannot helpp you with anny software orr hardware isssues with you
ur
personnal computer. Canvas, NEIIT’s online leearning manag
gement system
m, offers 24 x 7 support viia phone, emaail or chat forr
anythinng related to Canvas.
w do I acquirre textbooks?
?
7. How
Studennts may purch
hase their texttbooks either through the NEIT
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Bookstoore or throughh online mercchants. Textboook
inform
mation for all courses
c
is avaailable throug
gh the NEIT Bookstore
B
prioor to the startt of each acaddemic term. Please be sure
that yoou order the correct edition
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dance and pa
articipation requirements
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s?
8. Aree there attend
Yes. E
Each week you
u will be requ
uired to particcipate in vario
ous activities such as discuussion boards or other assiggnments for
each coourse. This paarticipation will
w be the bassis of attendan
nce.
w is taking an
n online courrse different from an on-campus courrse?
9. How
Onlinee courses offeer you flexibillity in the scheduling of yo
our class and sstudy time. H
However, onlinne courses alsso require sellfdisciplline and self-m
motivation to do the work that is expectted of the couurse. Since theere will be noo “lecture” tim
me and no
traditioonal class tim
me to attend, you
y will need to dedicate an
n appropriatee amount of tim
me to review
w the course coontent on the
Canvas learning maanagement system, compleete the reading
gs, participatee in the onlinee discussion fforums, and ccomplete otheer
assignm
ments.
Insteadd of meeting at
a a fixed tim
me and location
n, your onlinee course will run on a weekkly schedule starting on a Monday and
endingg on a Sunday
y evening. Generally there are no set meeeting times dduring which the entire claass meets. Addditionally, theere
may bee some assign
nments when specific due dates
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must bee met.
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courses?
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10. Doo online courses take morre time than on-campus
No. Onnline courses require the saame amount of
o work as an
n on-campus ccourse. Howeever, the time you spend inn an online
coursee will be differrent than in an
a on-campus course. For example,
e
morre time may bbe spent on reading and com
mpleting the
assignm
ments and ressponding to electronic postts from both the
t instructorr and other stuudents and lesss time will be spent on
drivingg to and from
m campus and no time will be
b spent in a traditional claassroom. All courses mustt be completeed in 10 weeks.
Each ccourse mirrorss the course taaught in-classs at New Eng
gland Institutee of Technoloogy.
11. Wh
hat are the withdrawal
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policies?
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Stuudents who withdraw
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from
m NEIT must notify
n
the Reg
gistrar’s Officce, in writingg.
Abbsence from class
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does nott constitute withdrawal.
Alll refunds of tu
uition, registration, adminiistrative, student, and lab ffees are calcullated on an accademic quarrter basis.
Wrritten notificaation received
d by the Regisstrar:
- In the firstt week* of claass will resultt in a refund of
o 75% of thee quarter’s tuiition and fees.
- In the seco
ond week of class
c
will resu
ult in a refund
d of 50% of thhe quarter’s tu
tuition and feees.
- In the thirrd week of claass will resultt in a refund of
o 25% of the quarter’s tuittion and fees.
- After the third
t
week off class, will reesult in no refu
fund.
(*Notee: A week is an
a academic week,
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which begins
b
on Sun
nday and endds on Saturdayy. An academ
mic quarter is ccomprised
of ten (10) weeks.)
Policy
Drop P
Dropping a course is
i a two-step process:
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Step One: Students
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mustt contact theirr Student Adv
visor for apprroval to drop aany course.
Step Two: Students
S
must complete th
he drop proced
dure by eitherr presenting w
written authorrization from the Student
Advisor to the Registrar’s Office or by
b completing
g the electroniic drop process outlined byy their Studennt Advisor. Th
he
Registrar’s Office will only complete the requested
d drop upon rreceipt of theiir Student Addvisor’s approoval.
Studennts who have never attendeed a course an
nd drop the co
ourse prior to noon on Satuurday of the ssecond week oof the quarterr
will haave the record
d of their registration in thaat course removed. No refeerence will apppear on theirr college transscript.
To avooid receiving a failing grad
de, students must
m drop courrses within thhe first five w
weeks of the quuarter. The deeadline to dro
op
a coursse is Friday of
o the fifth weeek of the quaarter.
Studennts who ceasee attending a specific
s
coursse, but fail to complete the two-step drop process outtlined above, will receive a
grade bbased upon th
he evaluation criteria outlin
ned in the cou
urse syllabus..
12. Hoow do I accesss my coursess?
Upon aacceptance in
nto the prograam you will bee provided wiith the user naame and passsword that alloows you to acccess to your
coursees. All coursees can be acceessed via the link
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for Canvas, NEIT’s onnline course m
management system, at
https:///students.neitt.edu – you will log into yo
our course(s) via the Internnet. And, sincce this is an assynchronous llearning
environnment, you will
w have access to your cou
ursework wheenever it is coonvenient forr you – 24 houurs a day, sevven days a
week. We have creaated this sort of environmeent because cllassmates are often in diffeerent time zonnes, thereby m
making it
imposssible for every
yone to “atten
nd” class at th
he same time..
ho will be my
y instructorss?
13. Wh
NEIT w
will assign in
nstructors to th
he courses. All
A instructors have experieence in designning and teachhing online coourses. The
instrucctor for the co
ourse that you
u register for will
w teach, asssign homewo rk and determ
mine your graade based on tthe work that
you suubmit. Throug
gh chat roomss and messagee boards, stud
dents and instrructors interaact in posting assignments, responding to
questioons, and learn
ning about thee subject and each other.
t
to a tessting center to
t take any quizzes
q
or exxams?
14. Wiill I need to travel
All NE
EIT quizzes an
nd exams aree taken via Caanvas, NEIT’ss online coursse managemeent system. Foor pre-determined NEIT
assessm
ments/exams the student iss required to recruit
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the serrvices of a prooctor who agrrees to receivve your assesssment/exam
materials from NEIT and to adm
minister the asssessment/exaam to you in a suitable environment. Yoour instructor will provide
you wiith further infformation abo
out this processs.
Please note that the Certified Surrgical Techno
ologist (CST®) exam must be taken at a testing centeer approved byy NBSTSA.
All stuudents are req
quired to take the CST certiifying exam, which will innvolve scheduuling with andd traveling to the authorizeed
testingg center. This process will be
b coordinateed by NEIT’s Account Exeecutive, in colllaboration w
with the AAD completer. Th
he
studennt is responsib
ble for all costts related to th
he CST certiffying exam. T
Taking the CS
ST exam is a rrequirement ffor completion
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of the A
AAD program
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ber of students who can enroll in each
h course?
15. Is tthere a limit to the numb
Class ssections are liimited to 30. Each student will receive personalized
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attention.
have not earn
ned my high school diplom
ma or GED: can I enroll in the AAD program?
16. I h
AAD rrequires appliicants to havee a high schoo
ol diploma or GED for entrrance into thee technology.
17. Hoow long shou
uld it take mee to completee my program
m?
To com
mplete the AA
AD program requirements
r
in the shortesst possible tim
me, you shoulld take the courses outlinedd in the
prescriibed curriculu
um as they aree offered. Thee typical AAD
D completionn time is 12 too 18 months.
mplete the pro
ogram?
18. Is tthere a time limit when I need to com
Each sstudent can tak
ke as long as 4 years from the time of enrollment
e
to complete thee AAD prograam.
19. Wh
hat does my program cosst?
The coost of your pro
ogram will bee as outlined by
b NEIT’s Acccount Execuutive.
20. Wiill this progrram prepare me for a nattional certificcation exam??
Yes. T
The National Board
B
of Surg
gical Technology and Surg
gical Assistingg (NBSTSA) offers a certiification exam
m. You must
compleete the entire course of stu
udy before you
u become elig
gible to sit forr this exam.
NEIT accred
dited?
21. Is N
NEIT iis accredited by the New England
E
Asso
ociation of Sch
hools & Colleeges (NEASC
C). The Surgical Technology program of
o
Programs (CA
study iis accredited by
b the Comm
mission on Acccreditation off Allied Healtth Education P
AAHEP).
22. Caan I transfer the credits th
hat I earn att NEIT to ano
other collegee?
The traansferability of
o a course is always up to
o the institutio
on to which thhe student is ttransferring.
d from anoth
her college?
23. Caan I transfer credit that I have earned
You m
may transfer crredit from ano
other accreditted college reecognized by N
NEIT for the courses that are outlined iin the
curricuulum.
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averagee?
24. Doo I need to maintain a cerrtain grade point
Yes. Y
You are requirred to attain a C+ (77) or higher
h
in each
h of your technnical core subbjects -- (BIO
O and ST) in oorder to pass
the couurse.
25. Am
m I required to documentt my prior work
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or cliniccal duties as a first or secoond scrub?
Yes, att least 120 surrgical proced
dures with (a minimum
m
of) 80 procedurees in the Firstt Scrub role annd a combinaation of 40
proceddures in the Fiirst or Second
d Scrub role as
a stipulated by
b the Core C
Curriculum forr Surgical Technology, 6thh edition, are
requireed to be docum
mented in thee Surgical Pro
ocedure Log Book.
B
The Suurgical Proced
dure Log Boo
ok contains diirections for verifying
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surggical procedurres and is dow
wnloadable ass a .pdf file
from thhe Surgical Technology
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Online web sitee.
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entry requirements
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s for the prog
gram?
26. Arre there any other
A canddidate for adm
mission to thee AAD prograam must subm
mit or complette the followiing:
 Muust complete an application.
 Muust pass the online
o
reading
g and writing skills assessm
ment placemeent exam.
 Muust pass a pree-assessment exam
e
that is related
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to the field of surgiical technologgy.
 Muust provide documented em
mployment an
nd surgical ex
xperience verrification.
 Muust provide tw
wo letters of professional
p
recommendati
r
ion on letterhhead.
Printedd Student’s Name
N
Signatuure
Date
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