What PA’s & NP’s Need to Know About First Surgical Assistant Training

An increasing number of state Medical and Nursing Boards, hospital credentialing committees, and patients' health insurance providers are requiring that physician assistants and nurse practitioners get first surgical assistant specific training before they can first assist in surgery. You don’t have to get caught unprepared.

The credential earned from the ABSA offers the SA-C credential (Surgical Assistant - Certified) are widely recognized around the country.

Examples of titles: You could wear the titles NP, CSFA or PA, SA-C. (We haven't included all possible titles our graduates may have earned previous to earning their surgical assisting title).

Your Checklist For Proper First Assist Training

Web-based online training.
Personal attention from medical staff and faculty.
At least 6 days of extensive hands-on surgical first assist training.
Instructors and program developers with extensive assisting experience and freelance success.
Can retake the hands-on training as many times as you want, at no extra charge.
Higher-learning, customizable clinical internship with your own surgeons, at your own hospital.

What makes ACE Surgical Assisting different?

Here's classic proper surgical first assistant training at-a-glance:

6-Day Surgical SkillLab,The Expert Way

154 Skills from incision to closure.
Four detailed surgery simulations so you can develop advanced assisting behaviors and surgical skills.
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.

9 Month SurgiNet Distance-Learning

No night or weekend classes.
Easy web-based online learning.
Learn around your busy schedule.

135 cases SurgiEdge Clinical Internship

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.

Choose the Right First Assist 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 surgeon assistant program AND what to look out for in our consumer awareness guide.

Sign Up Today for ACE Surgical Assistant Program

You already are experts at pre and post op care, take the next step and become proficient in surgery as well so you can be with your patients from beginning to end and be the best assistant you can be for your surgeons. Get the hand-on skills practice you as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner 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 Surgical First Assistant School Catalog to get more information about the Surgical Assistant certificate program from ACE Surgical Assisting.

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“I learned a lot. Dan did a great job of explaining anatomy, was very helpful with questions, willing to help out. I had fun! What I learned this week is something that I will always use and remember.“

Rachel Gilliland, ST

Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines, IA

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