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Surgical Technology Info sessions

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) Surgical Technology Program will host several 2023 surgical technology info sessions over the next month.

The 2023 info sessions are scheduled for, Thursday, March 2 @ 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 15 @ 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 28 @ 2:00 p.m., and Tuesday, April 18 @ 9:00 a.m.

Owensboro Community & Technical College has an excellent, 10-month, Associate in Applied Science degree in the Surgical Technology program. For the past few years, graduates of the OCTC program have achieved a 100% first-time pass rate on the national certification licensure exam. These info sessions are designed to give prospective students an overview of the program and demonstrations to simulate the lab experience.

All sessions will be held in person and virtually and the links are provided on OCTC's Facebook page or you may contact zara.basham@kctcs.edu and be sent the link. Interested students who are not able to access the links should contact Basham directly for accommodations.

Upon completion of the program, students are eligible to take the national professional certification licensure exam administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. The program has a limited number of seats available each year.

For more information please attend these info sessions or contact the program coordinator, Zara Basham at zara.basham@kctcs.edu or call 270-686-4650.

Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio, and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state-of-the-art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with businesses and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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