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3.00 Credits
3 hours per week. Prerequisite: Admission to the Community of Scholars program, students with a 3.3 GPA or permission of instructor. This is a beginning course in statistics, designed primarily for students admitted to the CFCC Community of Scholars honors program. Honors classes that do not have the requisite number of honors students may admit other students on a conditional basis, at the discretion of the instructor. This course will consist of a study of descriptive statistics, linear regression, probability theory, random variables, hypothesis tests, confidence intervals and comparison of two sample means.
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17.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Surgical Technology program and current CPR certification. In this 510-hour course, the student will be introduced to the program, philosophy and requirements. Interpersonal relationship techniques, surgical environment, safety measures and medical terminology, as well as the role of a surgical technologist, are covered. The student will become aware of the surgery patient's total needs during surgery: physical, social, psychological and spiritual. Routine laboratory reports including interpretation, pharmacology and anesthetic agents, weights, measures, and drug classifications are covered. The individuality and uniqueness of each patient is discussed with focus on patients with special needs. Operating room fundamentals taught and practiced include principles of aseptic technique, sterilization and disinfection; correct procedure for scrubbing, gowning and gloving; draping; identifying and classifying instruments; handling of specimens; care and counting of sponges, sharps and instruments; positioning and prepping of patients. The student will also practice handling drains, dressings, sutures, needles and staplers. The duties of scrub, circulator and second assistant are taught and practiced. Students must pass an instrument test to successfully complete this course. Upon passing the instrument test, and successful completion of 240 hours, the student will have demonstrated an occupational completion point (OCP) of Central Supply Assistant. Students must also pass a skills performance test to successfully complete this course. Introduction to the structure of the body, anatomical positions and planes of the body, systems of the body and their interrelationships are studied. Principles of pathology, basic concepts of microbiology and reaction to injury and pathogenesis of disease are discussed. Maintenance of health and prevention of disease are emphasized. Laboratory and clinical supervised practice are an integral part of this course.
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18.00 Credits
Prerequisite: STS 0003 with a grade of "C" orbetter, satisfactory clinical evaluation in STS 0003, current CPR certification and OSHA/AIDS/Blood Borne Pathogens/TB Biohazardous Waste Certificate. This course focuses on expanding the basic principles from STS 0003 to include specific patient preparation. Information is obtained on operative procedures, pathology that indicates surgical intervention, methods of anesthesia, the different types of incisions, special equipment, instruments and supplies. Also covered are diagnostic procedures and complications of each surgical procedure, and information associated with emergency situations and radiation. Information is obtained on employability skills. This course is designed to provide the student with standard level of competency in clinical areas. Clinical practice is coordinated with didactic content. The student will demonstrate learned skills and practice safety in the operating room while scrubbing, assist circulating and second assisting in the following specialty areas: general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, orthopedic, plastic, oral, dental, maxillofacial, thoracic, peripheral vascular, cardiovascular, neurosurgery, pediatric, endoscopic, laser and transplant. The student will first scrub assisted or solo on 125 cases. 35 cases must be solo; of the 35 solo cases; 10 should be Level I Core; 10 should be Level II Core; 10 should be Level I Specialty; 5 should be Level II Specialty.
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9.00 Credits
Prerequisite: STS 0810 with a grade of "C" orbetter, satisfactory clinical evaluation in STS 0810, and current CPR certification. This course focuses on continuance of surgical theory of endoscopic procedures (MIS or MAS). Basic concepts of physics, electricity and robotic surgery are introduced. It provides study of special problems which coordinate with the individual needs of students during clinical practice, trauma, death and dying, transplant, procurement, case studies, and preparation to write the National Certification Examination. Clinical supervised practice is an integral part of this course. Students will be able to demonstrate competent, entry level clinical skills for employment. After successful completion of the program, a student will demonstrate an occupational completion point (OCP) of Surgical Technologist.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours per week. Prerequisite: ENC 1101. A course to help students better understand the evolution, structures and functions of our present society, as well as predicted trends in various social institutions, such as family, education, religion and mass media. This course helps students make connections between the larger society and their own life experiences.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours per week. A study of the physiological, psychological and cultural factors that affect the sexual behavior of human beings. Topics include historical and crosscultural perspectives, research methodology, sexuality and the mass media, gender roles, sexual development, sexual arousal and response, sexual orientation, sexuality as communication and an expression of love, birth control, pregnancy, childbirth, sexual dysfunctions, sexual violence, sexual harassment, and sexually transmitted infections.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours per week. This course is designed to familiarize the student with the various rules governing and procedures used in the preparation of individual federal income tax returns.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours per week. This course examines installment and deferred payment sales, dividends, inventories, deductions for expenses, depreciation and investment credits, depletion, bad debt deduction, and income averaging. Particular emphasis is given to these and related topics in preparation of corporation income tax returns.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours per week. Offers the student an appreciation of the theater as a group art form through study of its historical development, literature and theory, with attention placed on its dramatic structure, techniques, and the various forms and modes of dramatic composition.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours per week. Practical, hands-on study of theater from the perspective of the technician, the actor and the director. Students will perform in a one-act play. Course requires limited work outside class.
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