What Should I Major in to Become a Surgical Assistant?
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Required Education
Associate's Degree usually needed for this career
Job Description: Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.
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These college majors are closest related to this career (actual program names will vary from school to school).