ST120 Health Care Ethics (1 cr.)

This course presents the ethical theories and conceptual framework that support ethical decision making. The Surgical Technologist Code of Ethics, ethical events that occur within the operative setting, and professional responsibility in the delivery of safe, effective, and competent patient care by the Surgical Technologist are presented.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Describe a conceptual framework that supports ethical decision making.
2. Describe the major ethical theories in terms of the principles of autonomy, nonmalficence, beneficence, and justice.
3. Identify pertinent ethical issues facing the surgical technician.
4. Define “surgical conscience.”
5. Identify issues and events that occur within the operative setting and can be affected by a surgical conscience.
6. Recognize events that may require an ethical analysis or a moral judgment in the perioperative area.
7. Identify the surgical technologist’s personal and professional responsibility in the delivery of safe, effective and competent patient care.
8. Describe the elements of the Surgical Technologist Code of Ethics.