Links

These are some of our favorite links and we encourage you to visit them for more information:

Links to  Michigan Colleges providing CAAHEP Accredited Programs in Surgical Technology

The Baker College main web site is www.baker.edu and we do not advocate visiting their site other than via the "front door" as they wish you to on your first visit. The following CAMPUS and PROGRAM links are provided for quick reference purposes.

Baker College of Cadillac - Cadillac, MI CAMPUS PROGRAM
Baker College of Flint - Flint, MI CAMPUS PROGRAM
Baker College of Jackson - Jackson, MI CAMPUS PROGRAM
Baker College of Mt Clemens - Clinton Township, MI CAMPUS PROGRAM
Baker College of Muskegon - Muskegon, MI CAMPUS PROGRAM
Baker College of Port Huron - Port Huron, MI CAMPUS PROGRAM

Delta College - University Center, MI
Henry Ford Community College - Dearborn, MI
Kalamazoo Valley Community College - Kalamazoo, MI
Lansing Community College - Lansing, MI
Macomb Community College - Warren, MI
Northern Michigan University - Marquette, MI
Oakland Community College - Southfield, MI
Wayne County Community College – Western Campus – Belleville, MI
Wayne County Community College District - Dearborn - Detroit, MI PROGRAM

Links to Professional Organizations and Government Agencies

AST, ARC, NBSTSA links:

Association of Surgical Technologists
http://www.ast.org

Accreditation Review Committee on Education for the Surgical Technologist
http://www.arcst.org

The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (Previously known as: Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist)
http://www.nbstsa.org

Legislative links:

State of Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov

Michigan legislature (can look up pending bills or identify your state representatives and senators)
http://www.MichiganLegislature.org

National Conference of State Legislature site map
http://www.ncsl.org/public/ncsl/site.cfm

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov

U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov

Other professional organizations and government agencies:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
http://www.facial-plastic-surgery.org

American Academy of Ophthalmology
http://www.aao.org

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
http://www.aaos.org

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
http://www.entnet.org

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org

American Academy of Physician Assistants
http://www.aapa.org

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
http://www.aana.com

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
http://www.aast.org

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
http://www.aans.org

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
http://www.aaoms.org

American Association of Thoracic Surgery
http://www.aats.org

American Association for Vascular Surgery
http://aavs.vascularweb.org

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org

American College of Chest Physicians
http://www.chestnet.org

American College of Surgeons
http://www.facs.org

American Gastroenterological Association
http://www.gastro.org

American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org

American Hospital Association
http://www.aha.org

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org

American Pediatric Surgical Association
http://www.eapsa.org

American Physical Therapy Association
http://www.apta.org

American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
http://www.abdominalsurg.org/

American Society of Anesthesiologists
http://www.asahq.org

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
http://www.fascrs.org

American Society for Clinical Pathology
http://www.ascp.org

American Society of Dermatologic Surgery
http://www.asds-net.org

American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals
http://www.ashcsp.org

American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
http://www.aslms.org

American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
http://www.aslme.org

American Society for Microbiology
http://www.asm.org

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
http://www.plasticsurgery.org

ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
http://www.astm.org

American Society of Transplant Surgeons
http://www.asts.org

American Thoracic Society
http://www.thoracic.org

American Urological Association
http://www.auanet.org

Arthroscopy Association of North America
http://www.aana.org

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
http://www.aami.org

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
http://www.apic.org

Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
http://www.ctsnet.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov

CDC's National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration)
http://www.hcfa.gov

College of American Pathologists
http://www.cap.org

Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov

Michigan Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals
http://www.mshcsp.org

FDA press releases and news items can be accessed at
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/hpnews.html

FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
http://www.fda.gov/cder

FDA Medical Products Reporting Program
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch

Health Care Financing Administration  (see Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

HHS Health Resources and Services Administration - Bureau of Health Professions
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov

Heart Surgery Forum
http://www.hsforum.com

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org

Michigan Health Council
http://www.mhc.org

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Research Studies 
http://www.nih.gov/health

National Kidney Foundation
http://www.kidney.org

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov

OR-Link
http://www.or-link.com

Radiological Society of North America
http://www.rsna.org

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
http://www.sages.org

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
http://www.sls.org

Society of Nuclear Medicine
http://www.snm.org

Society of Thoracic Surgeons
http://www.sts.org

Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology
http://www.svmb.org

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov

Vascular Surgery Societies Web
http://www.vascularweb.org

Vesalius: the Internet resource for surgical education
http://vesalius.com

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int