Goal

The purpose of the Operating Room Services Associate Degree Program is to train qualified intermediate staff, which is needed by the health sector, with 2 years of theoretical and practical training, and thus facilitate finding employment.

The aim of the program is to train qualified auxiliary health staff who can carry out the work and actions to make the tools and materials used in the operating room ready for the surgery, take part in the team of operation and support them, use and maintain the equipment, and make them ready for the next operation.

Mission

Our mission as the Operating Room Services Associate Degree Program is to train qualified  health staff who are equipped with basic theoretical knowledge and application skills in the field of health, who can  use appropriate contemporary technologies effectively, comply with teamwork, be sensitive to individual and social ethical principles, human and patient rights, act with a sense of responsibility, develop the ability to analyze and interpret the acquired knowledge,  be open to lifelong learning and comply with national and international developments in the light of scientific knowledge.

Vision

As the Operating Room Services  Associate Degree Program, our vision is to be a respected and leading educational institution that can provide sustainable education and training services in the field of health, compete in healthcare education at national and international levels and train graduates who can carry out international researches and studies in the field of health, have a universal perspective, are knowledgeable and  talented to be leaders in the field of health, and are preferred by healthcare institutions.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates of Operating Room Services Associate Degree Program will be able to:

• Have basic theoretical knowledge and application skills in  the field of operating room services provided by the contemporary literature and supported by application equipment and other sources;
• Know how to have access to basic scientific knowledge in the field of operating room services, evaluate and apply it within the framework of ethical principles and values;
• Critically interpret and evaluate the data by using the basic knowledge and skills acquired in the field of operating room services, define and analyze the problems, to take part / responsibility in the studies planned for the solution, and be able to perform a given task independently,
• Be able to determine their learning needs and direct learning, and have the awareness of lifelong learning,
• Have the ability to use information and communication technologies together with computer software at least at the basic level of the European Computer Driving License required for the field of operating room services.
• Have the ability to use basic computer programs and related technologies in the field of operating room services,
• Have experience in working with other disciplines of health,
• Contribute to projects and activities for the social environment in which they live with the awareness of social responsibility,
• Follow the events on the agenda of the society and the world and be sensitive to the developments in the field of Operating Room Services.