Category: Certification and Career Pathways

NBSTSA certification comes up often when people ask me about becoming a surgical tech or moving into first assisting. But sometimes the conversation gets confusing before we even get to the requirements. Somebody says AST, somebody else says CST, and…

A viewer asked whether an NCCT-certified surgical tech can become a surgical first assistant and whether a degree is required. I thought this was a great question, so I made a video answering it. But I also wanted to put…