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Breaking into a career.
Surgprep is associated with the American Board of Surgical Assistants, a certifying agency that qualifies our graduates (after successfully passing a two hour exam) to apply for a Surgical Assistant license. The application for a license is then sent through your local government licensing agency.
A modern approach
We work attentively with every student to make sure that their schedules fit the program, accommodating most students. Our courses are flexible enough to fit most student schedules, including three to twenty day courses.
3 day course: A sampler, to see if a career in medicine and surgery are for you.
5 day course : Get the experience and log surgical procedures to qualify for the Royal Academy of Surgical Assisting course, with the eventual goal of obtaining a surgical assistant license.
20 day course : Create logs of surgical cases to sit for the ABSA exam and obtain a license as a surgical assistant. Our course has helped many medical school students and medical school graduates that did not match for a residency for whatever reasons, but need a job in surgery while waiting for the next match a year later. After completing our course and obtaining a surgical assistance license, the student is able to obtain a job at a surgical center or hospital. Exposure like this may open doors that lead to a surgical residency.
Our current offerings:
All of our courses take place within the Chicagoland area. All courses provide our specialized cadaver lab, which includes the highest quality specimens available, all freshly frozen without the use of formaldehyde. The cadaver work is performed in a real operating room. This allows the students to become more comfortable to the operating room settings. See or video under the services tab to see the quality of the cadavers.
All of our courses, regardless of experience, also include clinical and operating room experience. If you are interested in our courses, you should be prepared to be seeing and working on patients in the clinic alongside a board certified surgeon, and scrubbing into actual surgical procedures.
Pricing can vary depending on your education level and experience, so please fill out our consultation forms if you’d like to set up an event with us.
Three-day course
This is a class that can qualify you for RASAtraining.com is needed.
A three day course: this course is designed for any high school graduate, college student, medical school student (foreign of domestic), medical school graduate.
A cadaver lab in the operating room, which usually takes place on the first day to learn scrubbing techniques, incisions, instrument handling, suturing techniques, and generally how to function in the operating room.
Days two and three will be spent working in the operating room alongside a board certified surgeon, putting your newly learned skills to the test.
Five-day course:
(If needed, this course will qualify you for the RASA Training Course)
A good entry point for those serious about getting a surgical assistant license. You will be able to log many surgical procedures in 5 days.
The course includes:
A cadaver lab in an actual operating room, which usually takes place on the first day to learn scrubbing techniques, incisions, instrument handling, suturing techniques, and how to function in the operating room.
Days two through five are spent building and elaborating on those skills on a higher level, and working alongside a board certified surgeon in the operating room. What a great way to start your surgical logs!
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Twenty-day course:
(A full work-month long, not including weekends)
The course is ideal for creating in-depth logs. These surgical logs can be used to sit for the ABSA exam in the process of obtaining a surgical assistance license. Great for the medical student or graduate waiting to match for a residency. We have recently graduated Chiropractic physicians interested in working in the operating room as a surgical assistant, particularly on their patients that they refer for surgery. Now they can scrub in and assist on their patient’s care. Ideal for workers compensation and person injury cases. (Refer to the tab: Success stories and see Dr. Carlos Garavito, a recent graduate of Surgprep.)
Includes:
Our twenty-day course provides the logs necessary to qualify for the ABSA exam. Training to learn additional suturing techniques is more extensive in this course.
For the medical student or medical graduate (foreign or domestic) looking for a unique advantage over your classmates, this is it!
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Based on your background and interests we can consult and advise what program is right for you, being sure surgprep can meet your expectations.
Feel like you aren’t ready for our course yet, or have special considerations? Fill out the form with your scenario, and we’ll try to work it out with you.