Anthem College - Phoenix

Date: Apr 26 2009
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
I attended HTI in Sacramento in the spring of '05. I can honestly say the only 2 prerequisites for admissions are a pulse and the ability to pay. Judging by the caliber of my classmates, if I needed a surgical procedure done I would not want any of them within 100 miles of the OR. The didactic portion was a complete joke. Basically a manual with very little clinical insight. Our instructor was merely going through the motions. Labs were mainly run by the students who had been there at least 6 months and there was no method to their madness. Instructors geared their attention to those students who needed to have their "cases" signed off so they could graduate. Very little attention or critique was given by the instructors during lab hours other than doing mock "procedures." Even after doing a "case" the instructor had to move on to the next student because of being under a time crunch. I could only take it 2 1/2 months and quit. I saw the writing on the wall very quickly and later enrolled in a scrub tech program at a CAAHEP accredited junior college and earned an A.A.S. degree for about 1/3 of the cost. RUN, do not walk away from HTI. Based on my experience at HTI I would counsel whomever is considering enrolling at HTI for surgical technology to look at another school. To sit for the CST exam you must be enrolled in a CAAHEP accredited program. I'm sure the tuition has increased, but there has probably been no adjustment to their curriculum and methodology.