OCTC Surgical Technology Program Hosting Pre-Admission Conferences

Owensboro, KY (02/13/2020) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) has an excellent, two-year, Associate in Applied Science degree Surgical Technology program. OCTC program graduates have earned a 100% first time pass rate for 6 consecutive years on the national certification licensure exam. These pre-admission conferences are designed to give prospective students an overview of the program and encourage hands-on demonstrations to simulate the lab experience.

This selective admissions program is hosting preadmission conferences for the Fall 2020 semester at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, February 28; at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4; and at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15. All sessions will be held in the Surg Tech lab (SCI 100) located in the Science Building on OCTC's Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road, Owensboro, Kentucky 42303.

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

Deadline for applications for Fall 2020 is May 1 and attendance at one preadmission conference is mandatory. For more information please attend the preadmission conference or contact the program coordinator, Zara Basham at zara.basham@kctcs.edu or call 270-686-4650.

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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.

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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 business 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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