Huntsville Hospital School of Surgical Technology
Huntsville Hospital School of Surgical Technology is a six-month program designed to prepare an individual for an entry level surgical technologist position in the Operating Room. The next class will begin Oct. 7, 2008.
Admission Requirements
- Attend an information session to receive an application (see dates and times below). Registration is not necessary to attend an information session.
- All applicants must have a valid U.S. Social Security number and/or be eligible to work in the United States.
- All applicants must meet the following educational requirements:
- Be at least 18 years old by the first day of class
- Be a high school graduate or have a GED
- Paperwork submitted with the application:
- Official transcripts of all prior education
- Copy of high school diploma/GED
- Three formal character references (forms included in application packet)
- Applicants are required to take the Health Occupations Aptitude Entrance Exam.
Admission Procedures
All interested applicants will receive an application packet.
- Information sessions are offered:
- Monday, June 23; 6 - 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 24; 9 - 10 a.m.
- Thursday, June 26; 9 - 10 a.m. and 4 - 5 p.m.
Each information session is in Room 148 at Huntsville Hospital’s Corporate University located at the Dowdle Center,
109 Governors Drive (corner of Gallatin Street and Governors Drive)
- Prospective students will be scheduled to take the Health Occupations Aptitude Exam
- Submit a completed application packet (due July 25, 2008)
- Submit a $75 application fee
- Submit official college transcripts (if applicable)
- Upon receipt of the aptitude test results, the selection committee will review test scores, all official transcripts and completed application
- Once the applicant has progressed through the academic evaluation, a personal interview and clinical observation will be scheduled
- Applicants are scored and selected based on the entrance exam score, observation evaluations, personal references and interview assessments
Academic Policies
- An 80 percent average is required throughout the course, and dismissal may occur at any time if this average is not maintained.
Course Offerings
The program includes but is not limited to:
- Introduction to Surgical Technology
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Medical Terminology
- Patient Care in Surgery
- Clinical Practicum
- Pharmacology
Graduation Requirements to earn a Certificate in Surgical Technology
- All academic and clinical requirements completed
- All financial requirements completed
- All obligations to either Huntsville Hospital and/or the Huntsville Hospital School of Surgical Technology satisfied
The Huntsville Hospital School of Surgical Technology does not discriminate because of sex, handicap, religion, race, age or natural origin.
Dates to Remember
- Information Sessions at the Dowdle Center (Room 148)
- Monday, June 23; 6 - 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 24; 9 - 10 a.m.
- Thursday, June 26; 9 - 10 a.m. and 4 - 5 p.m.
- Health Occupations Exam at the Dowdle Center (Room 111)
- Monday, July 14; 8 - 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 15; 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
- Application due
- Friday, July 25
- Interviews begin
- Monday, Aug. 4
- Notification
- Tuesday, Sept. 2
- Hospital Orientation
- Monday, Oct. 6
- Classes begin
- Tuesday, Oct. 7
- Clinicals start
- Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
