Hi Abhijeet

O.t technicians , work at operation theatre of hospitals, emergency departments as well as intensive care units.

Their task is to assist doctors in surgery, arranging, sterilizing, and cleaning surgical instruments before and after surgery.

There are 3 main formats of O.T Courses:

1. Certificate Courses

These courses could help you in acquiring key skills and obtain an entry level job in healthcare professional sector but these courses are not as valuable as degree and diploma courses.

Certificate courses last for a period of 6 months to 1 year. And admission process depends on institute some of them follow Merit Based Admission and direct admission.

Minimum educational qualification in most institutes is 10th passed.

2. Diploma Courses

If you like a shorter course , then diploma course are also job oriented.

Course consists of classroom lectures and practical sessions.

There are 2 formats of this course. One is shorter, i.e, 1 year long . Other one is 2 year long diploma course.

Admission depends on institute. Some institutes follow Merit Based admission some follow direct admission.

3. Degree courses

Degree courses are also job oriented courses.

There are number of Bsc programs related to ot technology. after completing this course you will get ' Bachelor of Science' Degree.

Degree courses are most valuable courses as compared to diploma and certificate courses.

Some popular Bsc operation theatre technology courses are Bsc in:

- surgical Technology

- Operation Theatre techniques

- Medical Technology ( operation theatre)

- operation theatre Technology

- operation theatre Management

- operation theatre and anaesthesia management

Admission process depends on institute. For degree courses your marks scored in class 12 and relevant entrance test are considered. Some institutes follow Merit based admission some prefer direct admission. Some high profile universities have their screening tests for selection.

Eligibility criteria for some institutes is that they accept class 12 passed students from any stream . Or for some institutes minimum qualification is class 12 passed with 45% in physics , chemistry and biology.

Operation theatre technology is a career oriented course and also healthcare sectors need more qualified and healthcare professionals to function efficiently.

You can work in operation theatre, emergency care department, ICU.

Core subjects you'll study in this course are:

Anaesthesia technology

Surgical instruments

Hospital training

Operation technology

Pharmacology

Hospital training

Patient monitoring

Salary depends on your job and course.

General starting salary is around 10-20,000 ( private sector).in case of government job  salary is based on pay scale.

You can apply for course of your choice in operation theatre technology from following colleges:

1. St. John medical college, Bangalore ( Bsc in cardiac perfusion technology)

2. St. John's national Academy of health sciences ( Bsc in cardiac perfusion technology)

3. Vydehi institute of medical sciences and research centre, Bangalore

4. Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi

5. MGM institute of health sciences, Navi Mumbai

6. Jain University, Bangalore

7. Mount Carmel colleges, Bangalore

8. Jawaharlal institute of Postgraduate medical, Pondicherry

Operation theatre technicians are usually part of a team that consists of doctors , nurses and other Healthcare professional.

OT technology courses train students in surgical instruments, patient monitoring and operation theatre ethics, anaesthesia equipment etc.

All The Best!!