MONTANA STATE ASSEMBLY Fall Conference & Business Meeting
October 17-18, 2026
Location: Education center at St. Peter’s Health 2475 Broadway Helena, Mt 59601
Learning Objectives:
Identify strategies to improve communication, collaboration, and trust among surgical team members and departments.
Discuss the importance of our roles when things take a turn and everyday.
Acknowledge the importance of mentoring the next generation of Surgical Technologists.
AGENDA Saturday October 17th
|
Time
|
Speaker
|
Description
|
|
|
|
730-8am
|
Kristen Stone, MT AST President
|
Welcome!
|
|
|
|
8-9am
|
Dr. Parson, MD, Gynecology
|
When the GYN case takes a turn
|
|
|
|
9-10am
|
Alison Mitchell & Daisy Gibson, Instructors Great Falls College
|
Cutting edge mentorship: how to build
confident surgical techs
|
|
|
|
10-1015am
|
BOD
|
voting details and reports
|
|
|
|
1015-1115am
|
Dr. Michelotti, MD, Orthopedics
|
From the Surgeons perspective
|
|
|
|
1115-1200
|
|
lunch time!
|
|
|
|
12-1
|
Angela Ritchey, Steris
|
SPD Live! Identify key SPD and
instrument handling processes
and workflow challenges
|
|
|
|
1-2
|
Solveigh with Baxter
|
Hands on Heart anatomy
|
|
|
|
2-3
|
Belle & Brandy, Certified SPD Techs
|
Working as One: Improving Efficiency
Across Departments
|
|
|
|
3-4
|
Dr. Goldes, MD, General Surgery
|
Robotic Surgery
|
|
|
|
4-5
|
BOD
|
Voting results and new board
members sworn into office
|
|
|
AGENDA Sunday October 18th
|
Time
|
|
Speaker
|
Description
|
|
|
|
9-10am
|
|
Kristen Stone, CST, CSFA
|
Making the transition from CST to CSFA
|
|
|
|
10-11am
|
|
Katie Vulk, CST
|
Cautery smoke evacuation
|
|
|