The ATS difference

Anyone can sell you a course. We get you into a hospital.

A certificate proves you studied. A hospital internship proves you can do the job. Through signed clinical-affiliation agreements with real health systems, ATS students earn hands-on experience and step into the field.

Our clinical partners — where students train
How placement works

Train → certify → intern → hired.

1 · Train & certify

Complete your program and prep for the CRCST on the HSPA 9th Edition.

2 · Hospital internship

We connect eligible students to clinical sites for real, supervised hands-on hours.

3 · Career support

Resume help, interview prep, and placement support as you move into the field.

Where you'll intern

Step into a real hospital department.

ATS internship assistance places you in a working sterile processing department — real cases, real equipment, real experience employers trust.

A full hospital sterile processing department with multiple instrument workstations
Real hospital SPD
A working SPD
A case cart loaded with instrument trays in a sterile processing departmentReal hospital workflow
Sterile processing technician in full PPE working at a hospital sterilizerOn the floor in PPE

Why the internship matters

Sterile processing is a hands-on profession. Hiring managers want to see that you’ve worked in a real decontamination and sterilization workflow — not just that you passed an exam. That’s the gap most online-only courses leave wide open.

ATS was built around closing it. Our internship assistance is the part competitors can’t copy with a video library, and it’s why our students don’t just get certified — they get to work.

Note: Internship availability depends on eligibility, location, and current clinical-partner capacity. In-person students have the strongest path; talk to us about your situation.
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Get the experience hospitals actually hire for.

Start with the program that fits you — self-study, virtual, or in-person.