Start Term
2026-2027
Course Title
Externship
Course Hours
495
Course Credits
11
Description
The externship, arranged by the program coordinator with participating hospitals and facilities, allows students to apply classroom and lab skills in a real-world setting. Students will track and submit their hours, along with specific areas of work (decontamination, assembly, sterilization, sterile storage, or QA), for instructor verification. After completing 400 externship hours, students are eligible to sit for the HSPA CRCST exam and will have successfully completed the program.
Upon course completion, students will be able to:
• Apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to real world situations.
• Demonstrate the hands-on skills mastered in the lab to the Sterile Processing departments in
hospitals or facilities (Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Dental Clinics, Plastic Surgery Centers).
