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Show NEWS Block $ ashley operating room helps train studeiits rillamas Sun Staff Writer "Dixle student learning,. Grady said. It allowsThe students the opportunity to practice their' skills in a safe environment with their instructors before going into the.'climcal setting in the hospital. According to the health sciences page, technologists Surgical wanted in i; high j Dixie fortunately State College jdents, it is one and niand of sciences offered here. health jbt grams -- yDSCs surgical tech-jlog- y http:new.dixLe.eduhealth dantest.php, students program is by the 'ommission on credited meditation accepted into the surgical technology program will be required to meet certain health and safety standards, like being up to date in several immunizations and certification in healthcare of Allied Education Vagrams. The program in taught j pixie conjunction Regional Center, and ijcdical nts stu- mock train in a provider-leve- l room. perating technologists Surgical demand across the jtion with employment ipected to grow much m ,e take a average, said Grady, associate of health sciences. The median annual arole lean surgical technologists in 2006 was 36,080 with the top 10 lercent of surgical making 31,140 per year. According to the Web for age mines tech-alogis- ts tine tewot ntp'www.bls.govoesc irentoes292055.htm, le median wage for surreal technologists in 007 was $38,800. e toll hint is to: he stir ake ir an 'Surgical technolo-its- , also called scrubs operating room tech- - assist in surgical lcians, totkrpperations bange fipervision under the of surgeons, aimii JEN WATKINS AND RACHEL TANNER Dixie Sun Staff BY rfgoii. final tor note State College is Teparing to go online Dixie liveffe nth this years Student binion 'ourseInstruction Survey. Don Hinton, dean of the tool of arts and letters, id he came up with the 3 ea last it jemed year and off the University pat-mtt- te becaL'PfUtah. of the things that dusltf cry college has a he psponsibility to do is to cessff Muate what they do, a'rnmton said. quiet One of them One oenod'l ah- N, by policy, every faculty gets evaluated by Pember I iatK na cor supervisor He somewhere. said every faculty Bomber s is evaluated year-1- 1 Why their peers and stu-- l well, abooli In the past, weve ,asai' that, but its been a and paper, tyasTamron-drive- n kind of as oflWMs, as ,n. nete1 drug el From left, Brigette Hinton, a junior surgical technology major from Hurricane; Nicolette Terry, a freshman surgical technology major from St. George; and Mellisa Fielding, a junior surgical technology major from St. George, practice techniques in the new mock operating room. The mock operating room allows the students in the surgical technology program to become more comfortable with the techniques they will use as surgical technologists. "The student develops registered nurses or other tory surgical centers, and sary to function as a vetcan also in skills in positioning their surgical personnel," get jobs beginning technologist. erinarian clinics, central A satisfactory perform- - and transporting of Grady said. "They are members of operating ance is required on the processing and material patients as well as develroom teams, which most as and which involve activities, management, oping proficiency as a medical reps, private the surgical scrub, gowncommonly include surbeginning surgical techgeons, anesthesiologists ing and gloving, estabsurgeon scrubs and milinologist," she said. and circulating nurses." tary scrubs. Currently there is a lishing a sterile field, mock operating room that Surgical technologists Program director draping materials, neeis being used by the surgiwork in hospital operatdles sutures, basic instruJeanne Mortenson said the surgical technology cal technology program. ing rooms and delivery mentation, and preparaThe mock operating tion and sterilization of rooms, physicians' or program acquaints the room is very important for dentists' offices, ambula- - student with skills neces- - supplies. Room 339. Program faculty and staff will provide information on the program including admission and prerequisite requirements for students who are interested. A tour of the new, mock also will room operating be provided. Anyone interested in enrolling in the surgical technology program is encouraged to attend. state-of-the-a- rt Faculty evaluation surveys now online jldfflL outof five-pan- screen and have a background screening. The surgical technology program is holding an open house on Friday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Taylor Health Science Center, 1526 Medical Center Drive, than ;ster cardiopul- monary resuscitation. Students also need to he said. rior to this semester, reitfdents would receive the ?aPer ducat1 survey from some-uden- t' other than the teacher, percents would be eput:Jlwed to hand-writ- e comments if they d4ll'lse Hinton said if frustrated 'heir teachers and rein' se ,ursK write those frus-A- ji at'ns in their comments, e teacher didnt usually iecei lve remarks in time to e an vef impact on the to- - ents Were id."H Aftt semester. This year, students will (idii;CeiVe an mail account on their that will allow them to follow a link to the online survey. Students will use the same username and password as the one used to log into student services, and the survey will be available for approximately two weeks before finals. The teachers dont have access to the surveys until all grades have been turned in. However, Hinton said the teachers will have enough time to make changes before spring semester begins. time is The and me for exciting really most teachers, he said. The teachers really do look at them, and they use turn-arou- them. He said the student comments are sometimes used in portfolios when teachers are looking for a promotion. Nolan Hanley, a freshman vocal education major from St. George, said he thinks having the surveys done early enough for teachers to see the feedback before spring semester starts will be helpful. For those students who care to fill out the betsurveys in hopes of a defiter semester, it will nitely help, he said. However, Hanley said he would most likely not fill out the online survey. Other students agreed. Josh Verde, a junior biology major from Duchesne, said he thinks the overall idea of online surveys is good, but he thinks there will be a lot less feedback from students, including himself. Jackie Fletcher, a junior English education major from Salt Lake, said she also won't fill out the online surveys, unless she has certain feelings about a teacher she has. "If I really, really like a teacher or really don't like one, I'll probably fill out the survey about them, but for one that I don't really have anything to say about, I won't take the time," she said. Hinton said students choosing not to complete the survey is the only downside. Throughout the nation, online surveys are where the vast majority of classes are moving, he said. Students who do things online tend to give more written comments. The challenge is, the students have to be willing to sit down and do it. He said the University of Utah has about a 90 percent return from their Verde said he also doesn't think many students will fill out the surveys because a lot of people don't like to do things when they don't have a certain time set up to do it. "Students aren't going to take time out of their day to sit down and fill out a survey," he said. Fletcher agreed and said she doesn't think the online surveys will be very effective. I think it'll be less of an inconvenience in class because it wont take away class time, but Im e not sure how many will really go online and take the time out of their personal lives to fill peo-pi- it out, she said. Its a good idea but probably not the best way to go about it. Hinton said this first online survey is a pilot test using the CoursEval program because of its ease of use. After fall semester, administrators will get a quote for all semesters to see if the 1 school is financially able to' keep it going! Hinton said the school has access toTother pro-- grams that are less expensive but not as rich He said or user-friendl- y; other programs would take a lot of and the reports do cod?-writ-irt- not come y- g, backas quickl: : : Hinton also sar.d the nursing program lias decided not to do their surveys online and will be using paper surveys this semester! ! e' ' :V. A; students. ! wv L Licit r j y We hope we can do that, but not all schools get that, he said. Hanley said moving the surveys online will be more convenient, but he doesnt think as many students will participate. I think teachers will miss out on a lot of feedback because not as many students will be inclined to do it if its not put in front of them, he said. (MMima ilH& CCETO itsxiw KJ OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Name Phone Item purchased ' : any product in this entry form. Must make a purchase to enter, Bring , , i service applicable. Mo limit on entries. Based on 1 OOO entries. December. in Entry deadline Nov. 26th. 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