Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Kirkwood Community College's most recent crop of Surgical Technology students set the standard for their national certification exam, thanks to a change instructors made in helping them prepare. Each ...

The program was created to address a national shortage of surgical technologists, driven by an aging population and a decline in accredited programs.

Brand Story- With a critical shortage of surgical techs following COVID-19, newly certified professionals can quickly secure jobs at top pay rates. For students interested in a hands-on career in the ...

Plaza College in New York City has opened a new $1 million certified surgical technologist medical simulation operation room, QNS reported Dec. 3. The center is the first of its kind in the borough of ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — Muskegon Community College will “soft launch” its surgical tech program on Monday, May 16, when it becomes the first healthcare associate degree registered apprenticeship in the ...

Cairn Surgical Inc., which is developing technology designed to make breast cancer surgery more precise, has received ISO 13485:2016 certification for the quality management system associated with the ...

Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio has been certified as an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, a designation which recognizes ...

One student described being in the operating room for a brain surgery. Another provided details of a leg amputation. There also were students who were in the room for a Cesarean section birth, a ...