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Kylee
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Cypress, Texas
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What is it like to be a surgical technologist? How hard was school to achieve this job?
How many year did schooling take?
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Charlene K. Lewis
Certified Surgical Technologist
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Cranford, New Jersey
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It is an amazing career. There is endless money to be made in this field. I attended Swedish Institute School of Health Sciences in NY, NY from Jan 2013 to July 2014
Susan Burg
Surgical Technician
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Hi Kylee.
My S.T training was a year and a half. I'd say the difficulty depends on the person. There's medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, practical lab. As in most schooling, some of it was great and some boring, but all of it useful. The best part, of the schooling, is the practical lab. You get to work with the instrumentation, practice basic set up and break downs. Once you pass all the school stuff, you should be placed in an operating room to learn how to actually do the job. It's a great career with lots of potential. You can specialize or be a general tech. Good luck.
My S.T training was a year and a half. I'd say the difficulty depends on the person. There's medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, practical lab. As in most schooling, some of it was great and some boring, but all of it useful. The best part, of the schooling, is the practical lab. You get to work with the instrumentation, practice basic set up and break downs. Once you pass all the school stuff, you should be placed in an operating room to learn how to actually do the job. It's a great career with lots of potential. You can specialize or be a general tech. Good luck.