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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of SPAN 1730. This course provides a continued development of communication in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. There is an emphasis on communicating ideas in writing and conversation. As a part of the course, students will be exposed to the cultures of Spanish-speaking people through art, literature, and history. This course is usually offered during the spring term. (Prerequisite(s): SPAN 1730 with a grade of "C" or better or Placement Exam or permission of Instructor) (MnTC: Goals 6 & 8) 5C/4/1/0
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to basic Spanish conversational communication focusing on the specific context and situations of the workplace. The aim of this course is to achieve a basic level of proficiency in conversational Spanish to exchange information and perform basic everyday tasks. This class may be offered for specific career industries such as the Hospitality or Healthcare industries. When this happens, the career industry will be specified in the title. No previous knowledge of Spanish is necessary. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goal 8) 3C/3/0/0
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
This course is designed to present additional or unique material and learning experiences within a specified discipline. The course will be based on student need, flexibility, and may be designed to meet various transfer and pre-major course requirements. Please see a current Course Schedule for complete course details. (MnTC: Goal 8) Variable credits 1-6
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to help students create greater success in college and in life. We will focus on the strategies, habits, and values necessary for students to take charge of their own academic and personal development through active and collaborative engagement. Students will increase their capacity to identify, discuss, and reflect upon their ethical and civic responsibility within our college and in society. (MnTC: Goal 9) 2C/2/0/0
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1.00 Credits
This course provides a broad study of the operative environment, professional roles, moral/legal/ethical responsibilities, and medical communications used in surgical technology. (Requires concurrent enrollment is SURG 1410 & SURG 1415) 1C/1/0/0
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3.00 Credits
The course will introduce various surgical instruments, the classification and use(s), including the process of cleaning, decontamination, disinfection, and sterilization of equipment and supplies used in the surgical services department. Distribution and management of supplies to all customer service areas is also addressed for health care settings. (Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1471, BIOL 1740, BIOL 2721; Co-requisite(s): SURG 1415 and BIOL 2722) 3C/2/1/0
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2.00 Credits
This course addresses natural and artificial body defense mechanisms and the methods by which infectious diseases are recognized, treated, transmitted, and prevented. Disinfection and sterilization are also included. Content covers the application of aseptic technique and various environmental controls. (Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1471, BIOL 1740, BIOL 2721.) (Corequisite(s): SURG 1410 and BIOL 2722.) 2C/2/0/0
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1.00 Credits
To prepare competent entry-level surgical technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. Course discusses in depth the concepts around the following areas as it relates to the Surgical Technologists role. In this interactive course the learner will focus on the patient and the surgical technologist in the operating room as it relates to safety, fire risk, positioning, prepping, patient transfer. Introduces to the learner concepts around safety, of self and also for the patient. Theory and physics around the safe use of electro cautery, lasers, and microscopes and robotics in the operating room. The learner will also be introduced to a wide variety of supplies, their safe and proper use in the operating room, such as suture, dressings, drains, and catheters. The learner will also explore the concepts around wound healing as it relates to the surgical patient. Surgical prepping, safety protocols, technique and theory will be explored. (Prerequisites: SURG: 1405, 1410, and 1415) 1C/1/0/0
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2.00 Credits
Learners will review basic math skills and learn a framework of pharmacological principles in order to apply them safely in a surgical environment. These will include metric system, percentages, and proportions for medication calculations. Commonly used medication with surgical applications are reviewed in depth. These include antibiotics, diagnostic agents, diuretics, drugs that affect coagulation, opthalmic agents, perioperative medications, anesthesia agents for both local and general anesthesia Specific topics include drug administration routes and methods, blood and fluid usage, drug reactions including malignant hyperthermia and allergic reactions. (Prerequisites: SURG 1405, 1410, and 1415) 2C/2/0/0
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3.00 Credits
To prepare competent entry-level surgical technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. This course reviews the pertinent anatomy and physiology related to the following surgical systems/specialties. General surgery, OBGYN, orthopedics, ear nose and throat (ENT), ophthalmic, neurology, spinal procedures, cardio thoracic, peripheral vascular, urology, maxillofacial, head and neck, plastics, geriatrics, trauma (pediatrics and adult), robotics and laser. Conditions that warrant surgical correction are discussed and studied in depth. Also introduced are common specialized instrumentation by type, function, and name. Common procedures in each of the surgical specialty areas are explained in depth; to include indication, anatomy involved, incision(s), patient positioning, prepping, draping, dressings and suture used in such cases. (Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2722, SURG 1405, SURG 1410, and SURG 1415) 3C/1/2/0
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