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‘Surgical Technologist Week’ Honors Integral Part of OR Team

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:13:26 +0000

The surgical technology program in Penn College’s School of Health Sciences celebrated National Surgical Technologist Week – Sept. 16-21 – by setting up an educational display on the ground floor of the Madigan Library and sharing a celebratory lunch. Surgical technologists are vital members of the surgical team. They help to enhance surgical safety, prevent [...]

School of Health Sciences Endows Student Scholarship

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:54:16 +0000

Faculty and staff in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences recently established an endowed scholarship fund to benefit students in the school. Most of the money to endow the School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship – making it a permanent source of scholarship revenue for the future – was raised through a series [...]

Health Careers Camp Helps High Schoolers Explore Occupations

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:44:08 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences hosted 36 high school students June 13-14 to help them learn about a variety of health careers. The Health Careers Camp, open to students entering grades nine to 12, offered hands-on workshops and the ability to network with Penn College students and faculty and working professionals in [...]

Health Careers Camp

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:43:56 +0000

Three-dozen high school students got a close-up look at potential professions during a June 13-14 visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Health Careers Camp. The ninth- through 12th-graders took part in a variety of activities in campus laboratories, experiencing School of Health Sciences majors, and toured nearby Susquehanna Health facilities. — Photos by Nathan D. Smyth, assistant dean [...]

College Names Directors of Physician Assistant, Surgical Technology

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:05:48 +0000

The School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently appointed directors for its surgical technology and physician assistant programs. Scott A. Geist was named director of the surgical technology program. He comes to Penn College with more than 20 years of surgical technology experience. Following a long career in the Navy, Geist was, [...]

College Hosts Camps for High Schoolers Interested in Health Careers

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:08:10 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted nearly 50 high school students on its campus on June 16-17 to learn about a variety of health careers. The college’s School of Health Sciences offered two activities: Health Careers Camp and EMT-Paramedic Camp, both of which were open to students entering grades nine to 12. The camps offered hands-on [...]

School of Health Sciences Holds In-Service for Preceptors

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:00:30 +0000

The School of Health Sciences offered an in-service for its clinical preceptors April 9. Darby Lewes, an English faculty member at Lycoming College, offered a workshop titled “Portrait of a Student as a Young Wolf: Motivating Students.” The school offers the in-service annually to its preceptors, who can earn continuing education units for their attendance.

Penn College Highly Visible at Signature State Event

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:44 +0000

Penn College is well-represented on a number of fronts at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, under way through Saturday in Harrisburg. Special events specific to a variety of Penn College academic schools are interspersed throughout the popular eight-day event, and the Admissions and Alumni Relations offices are on hand daily. Photos by Micah A. Metzel, an [...]

Surgical Technologists Recognized

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:12:35 +0000

Penn College’s School of Health Sciences and its surgical technology program join in observing National Surgical Technologist Week (Sept. 21-27). The surgical technologist is an allied health professional who provides care to surgical patients throughout an operative procedure. It is an occupation that requires attention to detail and precise manual dexterity. Surgical technologists play an [...]

Surgical Technology Major Earns National Accreditation

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:37:00 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s surgical technology major recently earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Penn College began offering the associate-degree program in Fall 2004. The “initial accreditation” awarded by CAAHEP follows the recommendation of its Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology, which conducted a site visit at [...]