Thank you for helping us understand the future of healthcare enrollment.

This survey is sponsored by the St. Louis Metropolitan Hospital Council (SLMHC), an affiliation of the Missouri Hospital Association. This survey covers Sterile Processing Technologist programs.

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* 1. About you:

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* 2. What state does your school primarily serve:

Student Information: If you have summer starts or graduates for students, please include them in your spring numbers.

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* 3. How many total seats for students do you have in your program each year?

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* 4. Please report the total number of students admitted to this program for each year listed below (please enter N/A if not applicable to your program):

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* 5. If applicable, how many qualified applicants were turned away from your program:

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* 6. Does the program have a wait list?

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* 7. If yes, how many are on the wait list?

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* 8. How many seats are going unfilled in your program? (Please enter N/A if not applicable to your program in a given year).

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* 9. What are the reasons the seats are going unfilled? (Mark all that apply).

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* 10. If you selected "Lack of Qualified Applicants" above, please select the reasons the candidates were unqualified.

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* 11. How many students graduated/are expected to graduate in the academic terms listed below? Please note, if not yet enrolled, please put 0 or leave blank.

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* 12. Number of students withdrawing due to personal/non-academic reasons:

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* 13. Number of students withdrawing due to academic reasons:

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* 14. For those students withdrawing from your program, what are the reasons for the withdrawals:

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* 15. Assistance: What do students need during their program to ensure that they succeed that they are not receiving right now? Please rank the following needs from greatest to least need, with 1 indicating the greatest need.

Faculty Information:

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* 16. How many unfilled positions are available in this program? *These are open positions with current and active searches. (Please enter N/A if not applicable to your program)

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* 17. If applicable, why does the program have open or unfilled positions for faculty?

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* 18. How many additional faculty, if any, would this program need in order to accept all qualified applicants? *All qualified applicants up to the program's approved (if applicable) seat number. (Please enter N/A if not applicable to your program).

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* 19. Is the program experiencing a shortage of available clinical sites?

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* 20. If yes, why are you experiencing a shortage of clinical sites?

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* 21. What would cause/enable the program to increase capacity?

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* 22. What would cause the program to decrease capacity or shut down?

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* 23. Recruitment: What is effective to attract students to the program?

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* 24. Other: Are there any other ideas of how we can alleviate the shortages for Sterile Processing Technologist in our healthcare system?

Thank you for your time completing this survey. The results will be shared in Fall 2026.

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