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Being part of a hands-on program, Surgical Technology, job placement can be automatic if a student dazzles their clinical site enough that the site sees how competent the student actually is. Many of our sites have been hiring/offering jobs to student for after graduattion.

Susan Stetzer

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Transference

Transference is the sum or result of all of our tireless efforts as teachers. Fruition, resolution, or moment of epiphany for each student is what motivates me to be a teacher! In my field, Surgical Technology, tranference MUST take place for our students to graduate; there is no gray area in the end of whether they understood their lessons or not. Their mental and physical expertise must be transparent in the end to succeed.

Susan Stetzer

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Focus for myself

I teach Surgical Technolgy and I find it's easy to lose the attention of my students if I meander away from the topic even if it's only for a few minutes. I, the instructor, have to be as sharp as a tack to stay on task even though what I'm trying convey sometimes relies upon sharing my experiences to paint the picture to match my daily lecture material. "Sharing" can easily turn into an all out Q&A session if I don't hang on to my reins tightly. When my students get so excited and inquisitive is when losing focus takes… >>>

Susan Stetzer

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Age Differences

There is an obvious definitive line between the values and needs of the younger and the "wise" (older) students. As their instructor who is 40, I often have to reach back into my memories to help me relate to my younger "kids", while at the same time I try to draw from my own elders' experiences to understand my older ones. Being 40 is a wonderful age to teach at this educational level as it makes it easy to be the bridge between both. I also find it very enjoyable being the "translator" in this interactive social scenario I refer… >>>