Wie ist die Ausbildung zum Fachmann Operationstechnik / zur Fachfrau Operationstechnik mit eidg. Diplom aufgebaut?
How is the training to become a surgical technology specialist with a federal diploma structured?
Full-time training at a College of Higher Education lasts around three years. About forty percent of the training takes place as a theoretical part at school, sixty percent as a practical part in at least two different specialties or institutions in the form of internships. Specialties can be, for example: orthopaedics, vascular surgery, urology, special surgery (thorax, heart, etc.), visceral surgery, gynaecology, traumatology. There, as well as in the theoretical training, trainees are trained in the following areas, among others:
- Care and support of patients in the operating area
- Instrumentation activity
- Serving activity
- Organization and logistics
- Quality management
- Interprofessional collaboration and communication
- Career development
The training in surgical technology ends with an oral diploma examination, a written diploma thesis and an internship qualification in the surgery department.
