Jump Start Your Surgical Career in the Private Sector
with ACE

You know you won't be able to first assist in a civilian hospital without certification. ACE Surgical Assisting will help you to get the training and certification you need quickly and affordably while you are still on active military duty. Here's how:

Standard 1: ABSA Approved

After completing the ACE Surgical Assistant Program, you can sit for the SA-C (Surgical Assistant Certified) exam at our expense. Once you pass, you will be ABSA Approved.

Standard 2: Online Distance-Learning

ACE Surgical Assisting provides military students with a true online program they can participate in anywhere in the world. Our surgeon assistant program is web-based and materials are automatically available when you need them. Our training accommodates your schedule and course materials are accessed online from your secure, personalized webpage.

Standard 3: Personal Attention from Staff and Faculty

The staff at ACE Surgical Assisting will make sure you receive the personal attention you need.

Standard 4: Extensive Hands-on First Assist Training

Dan Bump was a military trained Surgical Technician and now is a Surgical Assistant out of Denver, Colorado. He has been helping military and civilian Surgical Technicians, Operating Room Nurses, and others develop into highly skilled Surgical First Assistants for 20 years.

Dan Bump is the architect of the 6-day training model for developing usable expertise and he will ensure that you receive the time and one-on-one feedback you need to enhance your wound closure and advanced surgical skills. Learning while doing surgery simulations gives you ‘skills in context.' You won't be left guessing how, where, and when to apply a skill.

Standard 5: Strong promise that you can master surgical skills

The level of your surgical skills can make or break your medical career. You want assurances you'll come away from your hands-on training able to perform like a seasoned expert. Here's the way ACE Surgical Assisting does it:

• Six full days of hands-on surgical first assist training.
• Professional instructors with impressive talent, expertise, and experience.
• Retake the hands-on lab as many times as you need. No conditions, limitations, extra costs, or waiting lists.

Standard 6: Higher-learning clinical internship

An exceptional hands-on training experience can transform an ordinary clinical
internship into a higher-learning experience. More time is available for surgeons
to illustrate advanced techniques and share the trade secrets that made
them successful.

ACE Surgical Assisting suggests clinical internships with a wide variety of cases in at least two specialties. You should have the opportunity to first assist on at least 135 cases.

How ACE Surgical Assistant Stacks Up

ACE Surgical First Assistant training program was designed with working professionals in mind. Our program and policies reflect that focus on the needs of our military students. We strive to provide the best possible education while maintaining flexibility, accountability, and standards of excellence including:

• No Bait and Switch - We don't include any feature in our program that isn't essential for student success. When you call ACE, we won't lie or negotiate
  you down.
• REAL Simulation Training - Provide extensive simulation training as preclinical preparation so military students can perform skillfully on vulnerable patients in the presence of judgmental surgeons.
• Semester credits - ACE Surgical Assisting became a vocational school so we could award our students the number of college credits rightfully earned without regard for the cost of the credit. In our case, the state authorized 52 credits because the program was so comprehensive.
• Location of Classes - We present most of our classes in or near major cities to encourage enrollment. If you ever see us advertise a 'rural' location, it is because we would be presenting the class in a hospital at their invitation.
• Focused on Helping You - The main reason the ACE Surgical Assistant Program was created is so students would be able to accomplish what they most desire - have their dream job in surgery with independence and a 6-figure income.
• Give You The Facts to Make Your Decision - We tell you about the benefits of our program without disparaging other surgical first assistant programs. We even help you find another first assist program if ours won't work for you.

Choose the Right Training Program for You

You are in the process of shopping for a surgical first assistant school that will provide you with formal surgical assistant training that is convenient for you, affordable, and that will prepare you for the greatest opportunity for success. Learn what to look for in a program AND what to look out for in our consumer awareness guide.

Sign Up Today for ACE Surgical Assistant Program

Get the hand-on skills practice you need to become an expert first surgical assistant. Register now by completing the form on this page to download the registration packet. Download our brochure or ACE First Surgical Assistant School Catalog to get more information about the Surgical Assistant certification program from ACE Surgical Assisting.