Who Benefits From ACE Surgical First Assistant Training?
SURGICAL TECHS
You work long, hard hours in surgery as a surgical technician. You have a family to take care of. You feel stuck with no room in your life for surgical first assistant training and medical career advancement.
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NURSES
Choose the right RNFA program and you can transform your nursing skills, boost your job satisfaction, and prepare for a surgical first assistant income you thought you'd have to go to medical school to earn.
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HOSPITAL ADMIN
Now more than ever, hospitals are faced with serious budgetary issues that translate to staff cuts and rising costs of operations
and procedures. Get more with ACE's surgeon assistant training program.
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MILITARY
You're leaving the military service, you've been doing the surgical first assistant work, but now you need certification to first assist in the
private medical sector.
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SA / RNFA
Brush up on the skills you need to stay in demand as a surgical assistant or RN first assist employee. Perform as well as the surgeons in your operating room once you learn the tips and skills of
the pro’s with training from ACE Surgical Assisting.
PA / NP
You already help doctors on a daily basis as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner; now get paid for all your hard work. Transform your career by updating your skills. Become a first assistant with ACE's Surgical Assistant certification program.
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SURGEONS
Get the backup you need as a surgeon in the operating room so you can protect your patients, perform more surgeries, and free your valuable time by training your surgical technicians and nurses as certified first surgical assistants with ACE Surgical Assisting.
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Why Become a Certified Surgical First Assistant?
The main role of a certified surgical assistant, a.k.a. first assistant, is to aid the surgeon during an operation. Proper first assist training can ensure that the first surgical assistant is not limited to lower level assisting duties such as holding retractors, suctioning, and cutting suture. You may already be completing many of the tasks outlined above, but you don’t get the pay and recognition of a surgical first assistant. There are many benefits to becoming a certified surgical first assistant including:
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Why Choose ACE Surgical Assisting for Surgical Assistant Training?
ACE Surgical Assistant Training was developed by the expert Dan Bump for working medical professionals who love surgery and are ready to take their medical career to the next level. ACE surgeon assistant program offers many benefits including:
- Convenient for working medical professionals!
- Comprehensive online distance learning – in your own home!
- Six intensive but fun days of "hands-on" surgical first assist training, the only time you’re away from work. It is usually in your region – perhaps even at your own hospital!
- Higher-learning clinical experience for greater success – at your own hospital, with your own surgeons!
- Affordable for tight budgets. Less than HALF the price of other surgeon assistant programs at $3,695!
- Training is compatible with most employer tuition reimbursement plans.
- Low down payment and easy monthly payment plans for when your employer doesn’t pay or you just don’t want to wait for employer funding to start your new medical career.
ACE Surgical Assistant Training Program Mission
ACE Surgical Assisting is dedicated to the individual development of skills, knowledge, and responsibility essential to a successful surgical first assistant practice in the operating room. A challenging and effective learning environment for busy surgery professionals who desire to become surgical assistant is therefore essential.
ACE is committed to inspiring medical students to pursue success through learning and to achieve the highest levels of performance with: 1) extensive hands-on surgical technician skills training and realistic surgical simulations; 2) distance-learning technology to acquire knowledge without leaving work; and 3) a well-rounded clinical experience under the direct supervision of surgeons that students work with and at the healthcare facilities where they are employed.
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ACE Surgeon Assistant Program is approved by the American Board of Surgical Assistants, Inc. (ABSA). Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the ABSA certifying exam and earn the SA-C title (Surgical Assistant Certified). http://www.absa.net. |
Approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Private Occupational School Board. Agents licensed By the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Division of Private Occupational Schools. To verify, go to http://highered.colorado.gov/dpos/.
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W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. and Ansell Occupational Healthcare are proud to provide surgical materials to ACE Surgical Assisting to greatly enhance formal Surgical Assistant training for Operation Room Nurses, Surgical Technicians, and other qualified surgical professionals.
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Click on the Covidien logo to download suture profiles and a knot tying manual from their website.







