<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/programs/surgical-services/index.php" dsn="programs"><title>Surgical Services</title><description>PPSC’s Surgical Services program prepares you to become a key member of the surgical team, working with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses to provide excellent patient care before, during, and after surgery. Surgical technologists are also known as scrub techs, operating room technicians, surgical assistants, or instrument technicians.</description><type>4,8</type><pathway>5</pathway><color>navy</color><button-text-1>Catalog Link</button-text-1><button-url-1>https://catalog.pikespeak.edu/programs/surgical-services/</button-url-1><button-text-2>Apply to PPSC</button-text-2><button-url-2>/admissions/apply.php</button-url-2><type-map><item key="1" value="Associate of Arts Degree, AA"/><item key="2" value="Associate of Science Degree, AS"/><item key="3" value="Associate of General Studies Degree, AGS"/><item key="4" value="Associate of Applied Science Degree, AAS"/><item key="5" value="Associate of Engineering Science Degree, AES"/><item key="6" value="Bachelor Applied Science Degree, BAS"/><item key="7" value="Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, BSN"/><item key="8" value="Certificate, CER"/><item key="9" value="Not Accepting New Students"/><item key="10" value="Non-Degree"/><item key="11" value="Upcoming"/></type-map><pathway-map><item key="1" value="Business, Technology and Public Service"/><item key="2" value="Technical and Professional Studies"/><item key="3" value="Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences"/><item key="4" value="Science, Engineering and Math"/><item key="5" value="Health Sciences"/></pathway-map></item>