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Operating Room Essentials

Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Course

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Operating Room Essentials introduces students to the exciting and dynamic world of the operating room and to an array of multidisciplinary specialties and concepts within perioperative medicine. Course content focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to promote patient safety and optimize surgical outcomes.

Format

In-Person

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Program Pathways

Credentials this program stacks toward

  • Program Pathway to Health ScienceFrom Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)
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Program Details

Detailed information about this program

Operating Room Essentials introduces students to the exciting and dynamic world of the operating room and to an array of multidisciplinary specialties and concepts within perioperative medicine. Course content focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to promote patient safety and optimize surgical outcomes. Operating Room Essentials is recommended for students who want to prepare for postsecondary study in health-related fields that utilize sterile techniques and/or provide care for patients before, during, or after surgery. Career and Technical Student Organizations are integral, co-curricular components of each career and technical education course. These organizations enhance classroom instruction while helping students develop leadership abilities, expand workplace-readiness skills, and access opportunities for personal and professional growth. Students in the Health Science cluster affiliate with HOSA–Future Health Professionals.

Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

No requirements listed.

Financial Aid

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Alabama

    Alabama

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Compare and contrast types of healthcare facilities that perform surgery
  • Outline the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of surgery
  • Differentiate among the functions of the different areas of the surgical department: preoperative holding (Pre-op)
  • Explain the roles and responsibilities of sterile and non-sterile surgical team members within perioperative services
  • Explain the rationale for arranging the perioperative environment
  • Explain how members of multidisciplinary teams interact across departments throughout the healthcare facility
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Physician Assistants29-1071.00
  • Physical Therapists29-1123.00
  • Athletic Trainers29-9091.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Course)

  • Patient health histories — collect and document under attending physician supervision in an ambulatory care clinic setting.
  • Physical examination findings — perform structured assessments and record results under direct oversight in a supervised clinical rotation.
  • Diagnostic test orders — initiate standard laboratory and imaging requests following established protocols with physician co-signature in a hospital environment.
  • Diagnostic test results — interpret basic deviations from normal reference ranges under supervisory guidance in a primary care setting.
  • Tentative diagnoses — formulate preliminary differential diagnoses for common, uncomplicated conditions with physician review in an outpatient clinic.
  • Prescription medications — assist in drafting treatment recommendations for straightforward cases pending physician approval in a supervised practice.
  • Therapeutic procedures — perform basic injections and wound care under direct supervision following sterile technique protocols in a clinical setting.
  • Patient counseling — deliver scripted instruction on prescribed therapeutic regimens and health maintenance under a senior clinician's guidance.
  • Electronic medical records — enter and organize patient progress notes and examination data using practice management software in a clinic environment.
  • Clinical decision-making frameworks — apply evidence-based guidelines to routine patient scenarios under mentored supervision in an acute or primary care setting.

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