How do you find your ideal Surgical Assistant Program? First, define your standards.
If you don’t become an educated consumer, you could graduate without the training you needed for success. Complete the Program Locator Questionnaire and then you can identify a program that meets your specific needs. But you don’t need a test to identify 6 standards of proper training you have to demand or you’ll be spinning your wheels and wasting your time, energy, and money.
Standard #1: CAAHEP accreditation
If a program is not CAAHEP accredited, you risk enrolling in a diploma mill and ending up unprepared and ineligible for the CFA and/or SA-C exams. You can find accredited programs by going to CAAHEP and selecting Surgical Assistant. You may find a local program. But not all CAAHEP programs are equal. Maybe the local program doesn’t have everything you need. An out-of-state distance-learning program may be a better option. So here are some more standards to look for…
Standard #2: Fully online distance-learning
Some schools say ‘online’ when their programs are email. You want your program to be fully online (web-based) so everything is available automatically, when YOU need it. Learn around your schedule instead of waiting for email or snail mail assignments. Course materials can be accessed online from your secure, personalized webpage. Web-based technology can tremendously enhance your learning experience and make it easier even if you are new to the web.
Standard #3: Personal attention from staff and faculty
Program instructions should be easy to understand, self-explanatory. But make sure you still get unlimited personal attention from staff and faculty. You’ll get a good sense about your access and how responsive they are to your needs by: 1) Promises made in the program literature; 2) How much they help you even before you enroll; and 3) How quickly your phone calls are returned, if at all.
Standard #4: Extensive hands-on training
Dan Bump is a Surgical Assistant out of Denver, Colorado and he has been helping Surgical Techs, OR Nurses, and others develop into highly skilled Surgical Assistants for 20 years. In fact, he is the architect of the 6 day model for developing usable expertise. You can learn more at About Dan Bump.
Other programs copied Mr. Bump’s 6 day model but they couldn’t duplicate his results because of the talent, expertise, experience, and cost necessary. So now many of them offer only minimum hands-on and/or make it completely optional.
Obviously, these programs don’t see hands-on as essential. That way of thinking does not result in effective training and any hands-on they do offer is questionable. Be cautious! They may just go through the motions of hands-on training so they can build it up in their advertisements to lure students who want skills.
Look for at least 6 days of skills training so you’ll have sufficient time and one-on-one feedback to develop surgery-ready wound closure and advanced surgical skills. Learning while doing surgery simulations gives you ‘skills in context.’ You won’t be left guessing where and when to apply a skill. This learning shows – IN YOU! Skin closure may be all your patient sees but your surgeon sees how you perform and contribute – DURING the procedure.
The last thing you want after you take a program is for your surgeon to stop in the middle of a procedure, look at you and say, “I thought you said you were trained? Here, just hold this retractor.”
Your Checklist For Proper Training
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CAAHEP Accreditation.
Web-based online training.
Personal attention from staff and faculty.
At least 6 days of extensive hands-on training.
Instructors and program developers with extensive assisting experience and free-lance success.
Can retake the hands-on training as many times as you want, at no extra charge.
Higher-learning, custom-izable clinical internship with your own surgeons, at your own hospital.Standard #5: Strong promise that you
can master surgical skills
Surgical skills or the lack of them can make or break your career. You want to know you’ll come away from your hands-on training able to perform like a seasoned expert. Here are 3 things to look for:
- At least 6 fully days of hands-on training.
- An instructor with impressive talent, expertise, and experience. (Check the bios of both the instructor and the program developer.)
- Retake the hands-on as many times as you want with no limitations, no conditions, no questions asked, no waiting until you graduate, and no extra cost? (Get it in writing.)
Standard #6: Higher-learning clinical internship
The right 6 days of hands-on training can turn an ordinary clinical internship into a fascinating, transforming, higher-learning experience. Since they won’t have to waste time teaching you basics, your surgeons will show you the more advanced techniques and share trade-secrets that made them successful.
Look for convenience and a wide variety of cases in at least 2 specialties. You should first assist on at least 135 cases and have the ability to customize your experience around available cases you can do with YOUR surgeons and at YOUR hospital.
Transform your surgical career
with the ACESA Surgical Assistant Program!
A program with all 6 standards could transform your skills, boost your job satisfaction, and prepare you for an income you thought you'd have to go to medical school to earn. How long will you wait to sign up?
As you read each word on this webpage, you’re going to discover your ‘light at the end of the tunnel.’ Each paragraph, each bullet uncovers fresh, new insights on your hidden potential and how you can tap into it.
When you first assist, are you happy you’re limited to holding retractors, suctioning, and cutting suture? Does it feel right to be put on the op report as a second scrub and be deprived of recognition? Are you satisfied to first assist but only get scrub pay? Take 2 simple actions and all this changes.
1) You have a good attitude about being helpful. Take it to the next level and, with mission-like zeal, do whatever it takes to master surgical skills and techniques that are helpful to your surgeons. Without doing anything else, this alone will make you stand out to your surgeons.
2) The second key is 'proper training.' It takes a unique program to give you expert-level results. Most programs are entry-level and don't even try! So ask yourself, do you want to perform at entry-level, get labeled as a beginner, and be limited to holding retractors? Or do you want to assist using the same skills as surgeons who first assist? Your answer should tell you what kind of a program is right for you.
What makes ACESA so different? Here's classic proper first assistant training at-a-glance:
6-Day Surgical SkillLab, The Expert Way  Four detailed surgery simulations so you can develop advanced assisting behaviors and surgical skills.
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9 Month SurgiNet Distance-Learning
135 cases SurgiEdge Clinical Internship
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154 Skills from incision to closure.
Numerous hands-on applications.
One-on-one coaching by Dan Bump - an assisting pioneer with 30+ years of OR experience (or someone he hand-selected and trained).
Lifetime Access for Skills Mastery.
We may be able to bring the Lab to your hospital. Call for details.
No night or weekend classes.
Easy web-based onlinelearning.
Learn around your busy schedule. 
Prepared by the 6-day SkillLab, your clinicals make you cutting-edge good. 
Presented at YOUR hospital.
Supervised by YOUR surgeons for a tailor-made learning experience.
Full of new skills. I am thrilled! "I was extremely tired after the first day - mentally! I was pleased with the curriculum from the first day and the rest of the week proved to be just as full of new skills and knowledge. I am walk-ing away with more knowledge than I imagined I would gain in a 6-day period. Your teaching methods are wonderful. I am feeling empowered - by the knowledge you have given me during this lab. I am very enthusiastic about the next phase of this program as I know I am going to gain knowledge and increase my skill level exponent-ially. I am thrilled at where that will lead me professionally. The SA role will be new to our area and I look forward to the opportunity of raising the level of expertise for myself as well as my peers. I will whole-heartedly recommend your program to all wishing to expand their educational and professional possibilities." Jennifer Nelson, CV First Assistant St. Joseph Hospital Fort Wayne, IN
The program is enjoyable and challenging. “This experience has been enjoy-able and challenging. The step-by-step skills lab and the anatomy lectures are worth the cost alone.” Dennis Dingus, RN Scenic Mountain Medical Center, Big Spring, TX
Makes me stand out as an expert. “ACESA is very well organized. I feel that they concentrated on the skills that would best make me an excellent SA-C. On the third day, as well as the towards the end of the second, I really started to feel my skills and knowledge coming together. It was very exciting. My main benefit, other than the obvious suturing & tying skills, was the 'small things' that will make me stand out as an expert in my surgeons' minds. The SkillLab will be of great benefit to anyone in the surgical field. I feel that the lab, as well as the curriculum, will help me to achieve my goals as an independent SA-C. Dan brings knowledge and skills that are little known but easily reproduced. His teaching style is outstanding and I feel that I will become much more desirable than some of my colleagues who do not have this formal training.” Raylan Smith, CST Northwest Medical Center Margate, FL
The rewards can be unlimited. "ACESA is in a word excellent! The personal, one-on-one training helps keep your goals in reach. This program is a life-changing experience. The training is very user-friendly and provides ex-cellent resources. The work can be challenging but there is a strong network of support to help. The knowledge is exceptional and the rewards can be unlimited. If you are looking for excellent surgical skills and financial free-dom, I highly recommend this program." James Utt, ST, Medical Assistant, EMT Surgical Specialists of Cushing, Cushing, OK
This program changed my life! "ACESA is a great company! I recommend it 100% to every-body. My experience was wonder-ful. Now I know how to tie and close wounds using different techniques. I am very happy. I am ready to assist. This program changed my life! Thank you very much for everything. This is the best program." Hector Rivera, CST Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center Davenport, FL |
Learn 'The Expert Way'
assisting skills in just 6 days.
Do you ever feel like an amateur when you first assist? Now imagine the opposite – standing across from the surgeon, clamping and ligating pedicles, dissecting tissues, and cauterizing bleeders at your surgeon’s direction. When the surgery is over, you close the wound and free up your surgeon to write orders and see the next patient. Does that sound more like it or do you prefer spending your days endlessly cutting suture, suctioning, and holding retractors?
At ACESA we have the expertise and experience you’ve been looking for in the Surgical SkillLab, The Expert Way (included in our Surgical Assistant Program). Your pursuit of expertise is an amazing 6 day process developed by Dan Bump, the father of Surgical Assistant training. Simulation training is a long-recognized approach for reaching expertise in the shortest period of time. It has been used for many years in aviation and for training NASA astronauts. Simulation is fast growing into the preferred way of training surgeons and other medical professionals.
This 6 day process focuses on learning skills and assisting behaviors ‘in context,’ during surgical simulations and by observation and repetition. You also get one-on-one feedback from an expert in the field (Dan Bump or someone he personally selected and trained for you). This experience is electrifying. You not only get new skills, you make them part of you. You learn to apply your new skill set by second nature. Learn more by clicking Surgical SkillLab, The Expert Way.
Clinical internship takes your expertise to an even higher level.
In many programs, the brunt of skills training is pushed off onto your surgeons. This can really backfire on YOU. First, your surgeons may get mad because they were under the impression you went to school for skills. And second, your surgeons will have to spend so much time coaching you through basics, they won’t have the time or inclination to teach you advanced technique.
On paper, the ACESA clinical internship looks a lot like other programs. However because of your advanced skills training, you enter your clinicals with significant skills and expertise. That changes your clinicals into a higher-learning experience! You don’t lose opportunities to apply your skills because of making amateur mistakes. Instead, you perform in a way that builds surgeon trust. Now what will they teach you? The only thing left is the more advanced surgical techniques and the secrets and tricks-of-the-trade they’ve learned that makes their cases go smoothly, helps them overcome challenges, and gets them more desirable outcomes.
Virtual classroom learning
that delivers.
Studying from textbooks in any Surgical Assistant Program is the part most adult learners find the least fun when compared to hands-on training or a higher-learning clinical experience. But ACESA goes the distance by making it a more engaging learning process. Students readily see how it contributes to their success. It’s not just a chore they have to complete so they can graduate.
In developing the online curriculum, Dan Bump had to keep in mind 3 crucial factors:
- The curriculum must cover all areas of the Core Curriculum For Surgical Assisting so the program could receive CAAHEP accreditation. Graduates would then be eligible and well-prepared for national Surgical Assistant certifying exams.
- Students will be replacing surgeons in the first assisting position. This factor means a much higher level of knowledge is required than most programs provide.
- What did Dan have to learn to achieve success? If the curriculum is to prepare graduates for high-level success, it must be saturated with success-based learning.
So what do you get with ACESA online training? You get a lot but the 2 subjects that shape your career most are 1) surgical anatomy and 2) surgical technique and procedure.
Surgical Anatomy: Of course you’ve most likely had anatomy classes before you started working in the operating room. If not, you need to take some courses before you can qualify to enroll in the ACESA Surgical Assistant Program (To learn more, go to Basic OR Sciences). We make these courses easy with distance-learning.
Remember, you are replacing another surgeon in the procedure. Do you think the attending surgeon will ever rely on you to help identify anatomical structures for a safe procedure? You bet! Will you ever have to keep your surgeon out of trouble because the anatomy is different or a little disorienting? Yes you will. Will you ever have to perform a surgical technique under your surgeon’s direction? It depends on how much they trust you. You earn his trust in a powerful way with clinical application of anatomy.
As a scrub, surgical anatomy is background knowledge. When you are a Surgical Assistant, ANATOMY IS YOUR JOB! You need a deeper and different understanding of anatomy so you can make incisions, close wounds, or retract, manipulate, and alter the anatomy. Without this specialized knowledge, it’s not safe for you to first assist.
Surgical Procedure: As the scrub person, you need a level of procedure knowledge that will help you anticipate the surgeon’s need for surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies. As the Surgical Assistant, you need more advanced procedure knowledge to help you anticipate the flow and application of surgical techniques. Then you will be able to better figure out what you need to do to make the procedure flow smooth and safe.
You need to know the procedure on the same level as the surgeon. But how? By using the same books surgeons use to learn procedures and techniques. Over the years, ACESA has developed significant expertise at taking you from your current level of knowledge, building on it, and smoothly moving you to the advanced anatomy and procedure knowledge.
Our students soon find what they learn is very interesting, they sense their knowledge base growing, and they intuitively grasp that advanced knowledge will take them to new heights in their career.
Call 1-888-221-5992 for details.
Escape the rat race! Stop working 50 or 60 hours every week and taking extra call just to get by.
If you want more on the kind of success you can and should enjoy, you’ve really got to read more about our founder at About Dan Bump. He went from scrubbing 50-60 hours/week, taking everyone’s call, and just scraping by – and went to 20 hours/week and 3 times the money.
As a freelance Surgical Assistant Dan made $105,000/year! He is a role model and inspiration for his students and others who want to pursue a successful career. Just think what Dan could have done if he worked full-time. He decided on part-time so he’d be free to teach.
Dan has helped some of his graduates make over $300,000/year! How? Well for one thing, he is not bashful about sharing his success secrets. So when his protégés use those secrets, work full-time, and seek out more lucrative cases to assist on, the results are explosive!
If you work 60 hours/week, you should be getting ahead - not just getting by. We teach you what it takes to:
- Make more money!
- Earn the respect and trust of your surgeons and peers!
- Elevate your status in surgery!
- Get a front row seat to the surgical action!
- First assist like surgeons do!
- Eliminate the risk of working out of your scope of practice!
Will your employer pay for
your training and give you a raise?
We can't force them to. But once administration truly sees how they benefit from your training, they'll jump at the chance to get behind you 100%!
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ACESA training transforms you into a revenue generator.Orthopedic Rotation
"I really think that I improved in this area. It is my favorite specialty and my love. Going through this program has pre-pared me for the different types of surgery. The exper-ience has been wonderful."
Robert Davis, Jr., ST
Baptist Hospital
Jackson, MS
General Surgery Rotation
"This experience really showed me what the doctor goes through. I have learned a lot from this program and it has helped me to be a better person in the OR and outside too. I recommend it to anyone who wants to be a leader in life."
Robert Davis, Jr., ST
Baptist Hospital
Jackson, MS
“This Surgical Assistant course has been great. I really enjoy seeing what I learn come to life in the OR. I am becoming more com-fortable with my skills and enjoy getting the chance to use them whenever I can. I always see room for improvement (a little faster, smoother, and more knowledgeable). I feel that the surgeons and other staff are beginning to look at me a little differently as a result of my schooling. I also feel that my studies are making me truly see medicine, as a whole, in a different light."
Aaron Musson, ST
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kenton, OH
“This is an excellent program and has allowed Aaron to become adept in nearly every area of surgical assistance.”
Glen B. Van Atta, Jr., M.D.
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Kenton, OH
Half Way Through Clincals
“I feel very proficient. Without the ACESA Skill Lab and in-depth distance learning course I would not have the confidence in myself to work so closely with the surgeons as a first assist, which in turn allows the surgeon the confidence to utilize me in such an important role.”
Heather Shepherd, ST
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Clincals Completed
“The improvement and self-confidence from the start of the program to the finish is like night and day – huge difference! The depth of the program has really made the difference in my skills.”
Heather Shepherd, ST
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
The lab
prepared me well
“I continue to enjoy the pract-ical aspect of my surgical assistant training. The ACESA skill lab prepared me well for this experience providing an excellent grounding in the basic principles involved, the surgeons’ expect-ations, and enabling me to feel confident in my own abilities to assist. I am extremely grateful to all of my Clinical Sponsors for their willingness to teach and guide me, their combined support and patience, and for providing en-couragement during RNFA instr-uction. I would strongly recom-mend this program to anyone becoming a Surgical Assistant. ACESA provides great tuition and support!”
Jane Eck, RN
Redlands Community
Hospital, Redlands, CA
Better prepared for the Operating Room
"The ACESA program has helped me with my confidence in surgery as an assistant. The Surgical SkillLab has shown me skills to improve on and better prepared me for the Operating Room and assisting."
Dustin McCarver, ST
Medical Arts Clinic of
Corsicana, Corsicana, TX
Became a more important part of the surgical team
"Jill (Schumacher) has continued to gain skills and has reached a very capable level of pro-ficiency. This program has en-abled her to gain useful skills and to become a more important part of the surgical team."
Edgar Hicks, MD, Orthopedics
Sacred Heart Hospital
Eau Claire, WI
“ACESA is a great company that offers new and exciting chal-lenges for people whether they are experienced or not in the trade. I was very happy to learn the advantages and disadvantages for new concepts in tying and suturing in different aspects of surgery. Anyone, with or without the knowledge or concepts in surgery, whether you are sea-soned or new, can gain a lot of knowledge and skills from the course. I highly recommend it to anyone. It is a great opport-unity to work with Dan.”
Heather Johnson, RN
Assistant to Lawrence W.
Schwartz, DO
Fayetteville, TN
“ACESA is great! This course met all of my expectations. The speaker was very knowledgeable and was interested in each student’s needs. I loved the in-dividual attention the students got with the instructor and the simulators. The speaker really cared about us learning and our futures. I mostly valued the hands-on where you get a good understanding of the surgeon’s perspective. Also, the anatomy classes so when you are assisting, you know what is going on. I am so grateful to Dan Bump and ACESA for this training. I recommend this class to both non-certified and certified techs.”
Carolyn Goss, CST
Russell Medical Center
Alexander City, AL
“Dan, I have had a very unique and wonderful experience in your class. I learned a lot from you and I appreciate your patience with me. I think you are a great instructor and I know you are a great assistant. I reached my confidence level after putting all my learning experiences together near my fourth day of the lab. I feel very confident tying, both two-handed and one-handed. I feel I can close a wound with-out reservation. I strongly recommend this program to any-one that wants to broaden their skills. Thank you very, very much!”
Deanna Stavale, ST
St. John Hospital & Medical
Center, St. Claire Shores, MI
“I was very happy with the hands-on labs that give you a better understanding of what’s going on from a surgeon’s per-spective and allows you to assist them better. I learned lots of little tricks that I will benefit from on a daily basis at work. I would highly recommend this program. Excellent hands-on ex-periences. Very professional and very experienced instructor.”
Sandra McCabe, RN, CNOR,
RNFA
Northern Illinois Medical
Center, McHenry, IL
"If you enroll in the ACESA pro-gram, you would find that not only is the program educ-ational, it is fun. I found the program to be one of the best decisions for my career. I am anxious to apply my newly learned skills."
Frank Greaves, OPA-C
BKG Orthopedics
Houston, TX
- A well-trained first assistant can generate $200,000+ a year.
- You solve your employer's liability problem. Training reduces surgical risk and liability.
- The Joint Commission looks for proper training for roles you play in surgery, including first assisting. Training protects your hospital’s accreditation status.
- The Director of Surgical Services, OR Manager, Risk Manager, and Hospital CEO all benefit from your training.
- Administration already funds education with little or no direct benefit to the hospital. This program is easy on the budget and everybody benefits.
- Surgeons are happier with skilled assistants they can trust.
- A skilled and credentialed assisting staff is an effective surgeon recruiting incentive.
- Increase OR utilization! Assistants can generate revenue with assistant billing, but that’s nothing compared to the bottom-line boost the hospital gets when more surgeons bring in more patients!
How 6 ACESA trade secrets
demolish barriers to your success.
Only the Surgical SkillLab, 6 Days To Expertise gives you 6 core secrets to make you perform like an expert even if you never assisted before. (Find out more about the lab by clicking Surgical SkillLab, The Expert Way).
- Core Secret 1: Shows you how to apply surgical techniques and assisting behaviors with the competence and poise of a seasoned professional.
- Core Secret 2: Helps you avoid common movement mistakes that disturb surgeons.
- Core Secret 3: Keeps you out of the surgeon’s way and he’ll feel deeply comfortable doing his best work with you.
- Core Secret 4: Is a potent method for staying ahead of the surgeon and anticipating the next move like a mind reader. Graduates of other programs and even surgeons who first assist really miss the boat on this one.
- Core Secret 5: Makes the surgery flow smooth as silk. Your surgeons will reschedule their cases to work with you!
- Core Secret 6: Helps you perform under intense pressure with the composure of a master!
Starting to see how ACESA goes beyond entry-level and turns you into an Ace Surgical Assistant? What an incredible difference this makes in your career.
Lifetime Access for Skills Mastery.
Master every skill or retake the SkillLab at no charge, for a lifetime, as many times as you like, until you are 100% satisfied!
Your success is very important to Dan Bump. He is so sure the ACESA lab gives you the skills you need, he wants you to retake the lab as many times as you like, until you are convinced you received everything you need - AND DAN WILL COVER YOUR TUITION FOR THE RETAKES!
Call 1-888-221-5992 for details.
Create your own success story
with the ACESA Surgical Assistant Program.
Just 3 words (Lifestyle, Psychology, and Technique) will make you a superstar.
LIFESTYLE of superstar first assisting
- 5 methods that will increase your income by $4,000 up to $300,000 per year.
- Never again have to work 50-60 hours a week just to get by.
How would this change your lifestyle? What would you do different on your vacations?
PSYCHOLOGY of superstar first assisting
- 6 little-known secrets make even brand new assistants perform like seasoned experts.
- 3 rapport-building secrets will assure your surgeon's respect and loyalty.
- Avoid unintended subliminal messages that make your surgeon think you are an amateur.
- Put these secrets to work and your confidence will soar.
- When you apply these closely-held secret techniques, your surgeons will feel you share their concerns for their patients and let you assist at the high-level you were trained for.
- 3 keys to performing under pressure, whether you are new or experienced.
Can you imagine what this will do for YOUR psychology? Feel what it would be like to have total respect from surgeons and the ability to develop unbreakable surgeon relationships.
TECHNIQUES of superstar first assisting
- 6 keys help you avoid mistakes common to entry-level assistants. You won't get stuck holding retractors. You'll be suturing, tying, ligating, and assisting like surgeons assist.
- 4 secrets work like magic to increase suturing speed without sacrificing smoothness, refinement, or safety. Surgeons won’t think they have to do it themselves to get done faster.
- 4 essential trade secrets keep you from harming your patients. (Not widely known nor are they taught in other programs).
- Practice this one skill and you’ll perform better than 90% of all assistants.
- 4 plastic wound closure techniques produce cosmetic results your surgeons will take credit for.
- Never appear clumsy, nervous, or like you are doing something you shouldn't. Be comfortable and confident in any situation.
- 5 specialized ACESA teaching methods make retaining skills and knowledge easy.
Are you starting to see the power you get from the ACESA program to master skills and control your destiny?
Okay, so here's the recap...
Convenient for working professionals
- Comprehensive online distance-learning – in your home!
- 6 intensive but fun days of "hands-on" training, the only time you’re away from work. It is usually in your region – perhaps at your own hospital! (Call 1-888-221-5992 to learn how to bring the lab to your hospital)
- Higher-learning clinical experience for greater success – at your own hospital!
Affordable for tight budgets
- Training is compatible with most employer tuition reimbursement plans.
- Low down payment and easy monthly payment plans if your employer doesn’t pay or you don’t want to wait.
- So, if you want in, you're in! We don’t let money get in the way.
Credential for the status you need.
- Earn 52 semester credits*!
- The ACESA program is CAAHEP accredited so graduates are eligible for nationally recognized certifying exams and the CFA or SA-C titles!
*ACESA can not guarantee transferability of credits. Transferability is at the sole discretion of the receiving institution.
Our promise to you...
We are so convinced ACESA is your best training choice, if you find any other CAAHEP accredited program that gives you more, we’ll give you our program at 10% off their price! Giving you ‘more,’ means they must offer:
- More than 41 semester credits of fully online training (web-based online not email), AND…
- More than 6 days of hands-on training (each day must be mandatory, not optional, and include extensive hands-on training, not just lecture, testing, etc.), AND…
- A written promise allowing you to retake the hands-on training as many times as you want, without conditions, at no extra charge. No waiting until you graduate to retake. AND…
- More training flexibility and convenience for working OR professionals, AND…
- Instructors who have more practical experience in the field of Surgical Assisting; have had more freelance assisting success; have helped more students become freelance assistants; and have more testimonials from students who are very happy with their teaching abilities.
We dare you to find a program with more than ACESA. The more you look, the better we look. We also offer Basic OR Sciences to help OJT techs qualify for Surgical Assistant training, mentoring to help graduates become their own bosses, and a 3rd party billing service to insure success.
Call 1-888-221-5992 for details.
Some programs offer the state-required money back in 3 days to protect you from an emotional decision. After 3 days, you owe the tuition in full – finish the program or not. The ACESA Refund Policy is the best in the industry. In all but the last stages of training, you can get a refund based on the amount of the program taken if you aren’t 100% satisfied (see program catalog and enrollment form). You also get the Lifetime Access For Skills Mastery. Mastering skills is so important to your success, with Lifetime Access you can retake the 6 day lab, no extra charge, as many times as you want, getting many times the full value of your training investment. |
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I'm ready to transform my surgical career.
What will it cost me?
No other program gives you this much value.
- Eligibility for 2 national Surgical Assistant certifications.
- Training for high-level entry into the profession.
- Hands-on training with the only Lifetime Access For Skills Mastery in the industry. The value of Lifetime Access alone is $25,000 if you retake the lab just 10 times.
- An extensive, higher-learning clinical experience.
- Hands-on, Online, and Clinical Training – a $14,995 value.
- An industry leading money-back refund policy – priceless.
- If we priced the ACESA program by how much our graduates are making, we could easily charge $25,000 to $30,000. Many basic surgical tech programs cost over $20,000. Since affordability is our guiding policy, we keep our tuition as low as possible without sacrificing quality – $4,995.
- Easy financing available with monthly payments as low as $99.
Take a moment to picture yourself...
- Giving your call and overtime to friends who are hurting for money.
- Dropping out of the 60 hours a week rat race.
- Taking your dream vacations to exotic islands and countries.
- Being a top earner with money in the bank and plenty extra to give to your favorite charity.
- Waking up every morning (or even in the middle of the night) and looking forward to going to work.
Now get started!
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Develop significant expertise!
"I feel it to be an honor to be associated with Dan Bump and ACESA. I have known and worked closely with Dan since 1989 and have great respect for his knowledge and skills. He has always provided me with the excellence in surgical assisting that I have needed and has shown the patience to be able to effectively transmit his experience to others. It is this quality that makes Dan uniquely able to provide a most worthwhile learning experience for surgical assistant students. From a surgeon’s perspective, an assistant needs to provide more than simple tissue retraction. The assistant should properly be a reflection of the experience and judgment of the surgeon. Education gained through an ACESA course will provide the self-assurance which will be well recognized by patients and surgeons alike. Surgeons do not want to begin a surgical procedure with inexperienced assistants and cannot be expected to provide education themselves when the assistants do not have the background to assist with knowledge and efficiency. ACESA will provide this background. Dan Bump’s ability to provide a respected educational program is known throughout the country. His track record is undisputed and ACESA will be the beneficiary of this experience. I feel that the Skill labs developed by Dan and ACESA will produce a hands-on experience which will enable the prospective assistant to develop significant expertise. This will enable the assistant to gain the confidence of the surgeon and thereby enable the assistant’s career to flourish." Arthur P. Heller, M.D. Fellow, A.A.O.S. President, Orthopaedic Physicians of Colorado, P.C. |
Register for the Surgical Assistant Program.
Yes! I'm excited to register for the program. I fully understand that if I register now, I’ll receive:
Plus 3 Big Bonuses!
#1 The ACESA Lifetime Access for Skills Mastery
#2 Access to the 6-figure Mentoring Program
#3 The industry-leading, risk-reducing refund policy
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ACESA, Inc.
Phone: 1-888-221-5992
Fax: 1-303-221-4747
4950 S. Yosemite St., F2 #343
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
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** The ACESA Surgical Assistant Program is approved by the American Board of Surgical Assistants, Inc. (ABSA). Upon passing the ABSA exam, graduates can use the title 'SA-C' (Surgical Assistant - Certified.)
Covidien, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., and Ansell Occupational Healthcare are proud to provide surgical materials to ACESA to greatly enhance formal Surgical Assistant training for OR Nurses, Surgical Techs, and other qualified surgical professionals. Covidien also provides suture profiles and a knot tying manual for download from their website (click on the logo above).
“Dan Bump is a teacher by nature. He is amazingly patient and obviously enjoys coaching his students. He shares the joy and excitement of achievement. The one-on-one coaching is fantastic! This course is invaluable. Intensive, thorough, fun, informative – it’s the whole package! I learned a lot and had a great time doing it. I feel confident that I will be able to perform in the OR at the level required. The entire course stands out as a fantastic experience. I strongly recommend this program. Thank you very much!” Amy White-Swann, ST Doctors Hospital Shreveport, LA
“ACESA is dedicated to educating and training the best Surgical Assistants possible. The one-on-one training and individual attention was particularly a good experience for me. Dan’s genuine interest in seeing us become ‘polished professionals’ was appreciated. Learning what’s expected of me as a Surgical Assistant was very valuable to me. I now have a completely different view of my responsibilities. I recommend this program to anyone who has an interest in improving their surgical skills. I have learned more in this class than I ever did in Surgical Technologist School about the surgical procedure. This is the ‘next step’ for any medical professional who wants to advance their career.” Don Sanders, CST Mother Frances Hospital Tyler, TX
“I strongly recommend this program. It is very professional. You get vast knowledge in anatomy, physiology, surgical technique, suturing & tying, and patient safety. This program will really sharpen your skills no matter where you are in your career, whether you are just starting or a seasoned veteran. You will definitely learn something with ACESA.” Gilbert Flores, CTS Laredo Medical Center Laredo, TX
“ACESA seems like a very friendly company, concerned more about your success than money in their pocket. I enjoyed the hands-on simulators. They worked to show you how to do something instead of just telling you how. Before coming to the ACESA surgical lab, a doctor tried to teach me how to tie and I just didn’t get it. Now I can go back to work with my new skills and blow the doctors out of the water. ACESA was a great learning experience that combined my skills with brand new skills to make me the best Surgical Assistant I can be. Through hands-on training, ACESA created a very conducive learning environment. The small groups also made the experience fun and exciting as well as educational.” Melissa Whitman, ST St. Joseph East Hospital Lexington, KY
“I feel that ACESA has set high standards for itself as a company. I think the company has established an excellent formula for success in the SA field. The 6-day skills lab was an excellent experience for me. The wealth of new knowledge and skills that I came away with are well worth the cost of the lab. My surgical assist skills have increased tremendously. I can’t wait to use them! I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to increase their level of skill and performance in the OR environment. Besides learning new skills, confidence is instilled to be able to use those skills.” Della Burget, RN Lower Umpqua Hospital Reedsport, OR
"Dan, I just want to let you know what a blessing this course has been for me. I went to Chicago to take my boards in September and the respect I got when I returned was almost instantaneous. I opted not to go to Jacksonville but joined up with a couple of Surgical Assistants in my area and we currently have 19 surgeons on contract – so life is very busy! Soon we’ll be looking to bring more SA’s on board so that we can satisfy more clients. I recommend your course to every Surgical Tech or OR Nurse who asks me about what I do. Keep up the good work. I’m sure you’ll have more people from my area coming your way." Drew Burnett, SA-C, Consultant to Orthopedic Surgery Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC
"Surgical First Assisting is a tremendous opportunity for Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) to expand their Scope of Practice. It is becoming a trend that state Boards of Nursing (sBON) require 'formal training' for APN's expansion of practice scope beyond one’s scholastic curriculum. The ACESA program adequately documents 'formal training' required by some sBON's as well as preparing one for the certifying exam. I highly recommend ACESA's surgical first assisting program. It was a terrific education that helped establish a solid foundation of surgical anatomy, suturing, knot-tying techniques, and other tasks required for competence in surgical first assisting. The program also helped me recognize the 'expansion of opportunities' available to Certified NP Surgical First Assistants." Thom Denhalter, RN, MSN, FNP-C Advanced Cardiac Specialists Apache Junction, AZ
"An excellent resource for both theory and practical skills on wound closure and first assisting in surgery. I am most happy with the specific interest and encouragement the instructors and course facilitators accord the students. I feel this course is appropriate not only for first assistants in surgery but should also be availed to students in medical school during their surgical rotation and to residents who are going through their first year surgical rotations. It will definitely enhance their wound closing skills." Daniel Odipo, CST, Foreign Orthopedic Surgeon Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN |