History of Surgical Technology
Stephanie, Tara, and Diana will talk about the history of surgical technologists and how areas of medical professions relate to it, dating back from ancient cultures to today’s period of modern technology. Stephanie will talk about the origins of surgery starting from Egypt until it became more mainstream to the general public in all civilizations and why it was needed. This time frame will stop once surgical technologists are needed in the World Wars of Europe and the qualifications, sterility and needs of STs will be discussed. Diana will discuss surgical technologists’ introduction to the medical field and their many different titles and responsibilities throughout decades until STs became a profession in 1973. Then she will discuss the qualifications of that time to become a surgical technologist and what sterilization was at the time. After that Diana will discuss how STs changed over time according to standards and small introductions of technology in surgeries. Tara takes over at the year of 2000 when the Da Vinci robot system was introduced into general surgery for the use of the general. She will also discuss the roles of modern day surgical technologist and modern day qualifications needed to become one. Sterile processing will be reviewed over how it meets today’s standards and how sterilization can be changed or improved in the future. Tara will then end the podcast by discussing the future of surgical technologists as robot technology becomes more advanced in surgery.
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