Surgical Technology

South Central College OER Full Guide

ALT HealthWatch  
Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
CINAHL Ultimate  
Database with full text, providing authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health.
Health Source: Nursing /Academic Edition  
Provides scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, particularly nursing and allied health.
MEDLINE  
Provides citations and abstracts to articles covering all medical topics, including scholarly research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
Nursing & Allied Health Collection [ProQuest]  
Formerly Nursing & Allied Health Source, this resource provides citations, abstracts and select full-text articles about all aspects of nursing and allied health. A great source for evidence-based research articles. Also has thousands of Medcom/Trainex videos to embed in presentations and lessons.

Britannica Online Academic Edition  
Has content that specifically addresses the needs of college and university libraries.
Credo Reference  
This is a general reference resource. Its full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from many publishers of reference.
Medline Plus Encyclopedia - Previously A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia
The A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
Health Finder
An encyclopedia of over 1,600 health topics from the most trusted sources.
National Library of Medicine
National Library of Medicine serves as a national information resource for the public, patients, and families by providing electronic access to reliable health information issued by the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources.

American Nurses Association
Minnesota Board of Nursing
Minnesota Nurses Association
National Alliance on Mental Illness

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Finder
An encyclopedia of over 1,600 health topics from the most trusted sources.
Minnesota Department of Health
My Health Minnesota
A database of health services throughout Minnesota, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries and the Mayo Clinic Libraries in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
National Institute of Mental Health
The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
National Museum of Health and Medicine
The National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology inspires interest in and promotes the understanding of medicine -- past, present, and future -- with a special emphasis on tri-service American military medicine.
Nutrition.Gov
Providing easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

NGC-National Guideline Clearinghouse
​NGC is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Nursing & Allied Health Database  
Formerly Nursing & Allied Health Source, this resource provides citations, abstracts and select full-text articles about all aspects of nursing and allied health. A great source for evidence-based research articles. Also has thousands of Medcom/Trainex videos to embed in presentations and lessons.

EthnoMed
EthnoMed is Harborview Medical Center's ethnic medicine website containing medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups. Information is specific to groups in the Seattle area, but much of the cultural and health information is of interest and applicable in other geographic areas.
Harvard World Health News
World Health News offers a digest of news stories and commentaries from newspapers and magazines worldwide on pressing issues in public health.
Human Anatomy Online
An inner exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
​Kaiser is a non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.
Mayo Clinic
The official website of the Mayo Clinic.
MedEd Portal
MedEdPORTAL is a free peer-reviewed publication service and repository for medical and oral health teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources.
Medline Plus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. This resource has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
The Center collaborates with a broad range of federal agencies, corporate and philanthropic partners, professional organizations, and academic institutions to provide resources geared to a broad audiences.
Psych Central
Independent mental health social network created and run by mental health professionals to guarantee reliable, trusted information and support communities.
World Health Organization
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. This website provides links to reports on global public health issues and key statistics, information on health topics, country profiles, and access to various fact sheets and publications.      
  

Films on Demand 
This is a collection of arts, humanities, sciences, and technical education videos and video clips.
Nursing Education in Video 
Nursing Education in Video is an online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers.
Video Lectures
VideoLectures.NET is a free and open access educational video lectures repository. The lectures are given by distinguished scholars and scientists at the most important and prominent events like conferences, summer schools, workshops and science promotional events from many fields of Science.

Welcome to the Surgical Tech Open Educational Resources. OER's are teaching, learning, and research resources that are in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free-use and re-purposing by others. 

MERLOT Health Sciences Portal 

Anatomy and Physiology  A dynamic textbook for the two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science and allied health majors. The book is organized by body system and covers standard scope and sequence requirements.
Cases Spanning the Globe by Drue H. Barrett; Leonard W. Ortmann (Editor); Angus Dawson (Editor); Carla Saenz (Editor); Andreas Reis (Editor); Gail Bolan (Editor) This Open Access book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health.
Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care  This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practiced in the clinical setting.
Health Case Studies by Glynda Rees The book covers eight case studies of common inpatient or emergency department scenarios.
Innovative Lesson Plans for Active Learning: Teaching Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice by Susan M. Strouse PhD, RN, Grand Valley State University Innovative Lessons Plans for Active Learning: Teaching Research and Evidence-Based Practice is a resource in research and evidence-based practice for active learning in the undergraduate nursing classroom
Nursing 322 PHARMACOLOGY by MK Swain 
The Praxis of Critical Thinking in Nursing by Nancyruth Leibold This OER Nursing Textbook focuses on the use of critical thinking in nursing practice. Each chapter includes images, critical thinking exercises, discussions, and activities.
Understanding Medical Words  The Health IT Workforce Curriculum was developed for U.S. community colleges to enhance workforce training programs in health information technology.

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  Anatomy & Physiology

  The book is organized by body system and covers standard scope and sequence requirements. Its lucid text, strategically constructed art, career features, and links to external learning tools address the critical teaching and learning challenges in the course. The web-based version of Anatomy and Physiology also features links to surgical videos, histology, and interactive diagrams.
  
  
   
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  Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care

  This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting. The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current. Each skill/procedure is covered in a chapter that has learning outcomes, a brief overview of the relevant theory, checklists of steps for procedures with the rationale behind each step of the process, and a summary of key takeaways. All checklists, tables and videos are listed and hyperlinked in the appendices.
  
  
   
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  Exploring the US Healthcare System

  Welcome to Exploring the U.S. Healthcare System. This open educational resource (OER) introduces students to foundational characteristics of the U.S. healthcare system.
  
  
  
  
  
   
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  Human Anatomy Lab Manual

  This is a lab manual for a college-level human anatomy course. Mastery of anatomy requires a fair amount of memorization and recall skills. The activities in this manual encourage students to engage with new vocabulary in many ways, including grouping key terms, matching terms to structures, recalling definitions, and written exercises. Most of the activities in this manual utilize anatomical models, and several dissections of animal tissues and histological examinations are also included. Each unit includes both pre- and post-lab questions and six lab exercises designed for a classroom where students move from station to station. The vocabulary terms used in each unit are listed at the end of the manual and serve as a checklist for practicals.
  
  
   
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  Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions

  Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration,

MedlinePlus 
NCLEX-RN Khan Academy 

Certified Surgical Technologist Practice Exam 1

This first full-length practice test will help prepare you for the format, content, and timing found on the official National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) Certified Surgical Technologist (CST®) examination. It includes 150 questions with detailed answer explanations and an instant score report that will help focus your studies. You must create a free LearningExpress Library account with your SCC email address to use the SCC practice exams. 

Certified Surgical Technologist Practice Exam 2

Keep preparing for the NBSTSA’s Certified Surgical Technologist (CST®) examination with this second full-length practice test! You must create a free LearningExpress Library account with your SCC email address to use the SCC practice exams.