Requirements for the ACE Surgical Assistant Program
ACE Surgical First Assistant School does not discriminate based on race, sex, religion, ethnic origin, or disability. All hospital administrator enrollees must provide proof of high school diploma (or GED equivalency) or diploma of highest level of medical education completed after high school. In addition, on-the-job trained surgical technicians and graduates of non-CAAHEP accredited surgical technician programs must submit transcripts of college-level courses in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, microbiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. Enrollees must also meet one (1) or more of the following 4 requirement categories:
- Operating Room Nurses with a license to practice in the state where they will be doing their clinical internship, two (2) years of documented recent experience in the Operating Room (OR) with scrub proficiency. Or...
- Surgical Technologists (On-the-job or formally trained, including LPNs and LVNs) with at least two (2) years of documented recent scrub experience in the OR. Or...
- Nurse Practitioners (NP), Physician Assistants (PA), Medical Doctors (MD foreign and domestic), and Osteopathic Doctors (DO). It is preferable, but not required, that these professionals have scrub experience in the OR.
ACE Enrollment Process
To enroll in the ACE Surgical Assistant training program, simply have your hospital administrator staff complete the form on this page. Once completed, they will be able to download the registration packet. Complete this packet and fax or mail to the address on the form. They will also need to submit the following with their registration packet.
Sign Up Today for ACE Surgical Assistant Program
Give your staff the hands-on practice they need to become expert first surgical assistants. Register now by completing the form on this page to download the registration packet. Or download our brochure or ACE Surgical First Assistant School Catalog to get more information about the Surgical Assistant certification program from ACE Surgical Assisting.
- Provide Proof of Diploma or College Graduation
- 2 Letters of Recommendation
- Signed Agreement, Application Fee, Tuition
READ TESTIMONIALS
“I feel that ACESA has helped me have more confidence in being able to assist the proper way. I was very happy with the one-on-one that the instructor gave me with the suturing and tying at the surgical skill lab. One benefit I have received was the strength to be able to walk up to the table and know more about the anatomy of the procedure and assist the surgeon better with more knowledge. I would recommend the course to anyone with the ability to be a Surgical Assistant. It gave the in-depth detail of the anatomy and it also gives the student the courage to be able to do his or her best to assist in these procedures. Thank you.“
James Shirley, ST
National Park Medical Center, Hot Springs, AR
