Education and Training
Located in Pottstown, PA
- CRCST Exam Preparation
- 18-Week Classroom Programs
- 18-Week Self-Study Programs
- 400 Hour Externships
Surgery Begins Here
The Value of Your Investment
- Purpose
- Transparency
- Candor
- A Proven System since 2013.
- 35+ years of Surgical Technology experience.
- 35+ years of Sterile Processing Technology experience.
- 25+ years of Sterile Processing Leadership experience.
- 20+ years of Sterile Processing Educator experience.
Externship Training Locations
- Pottstown Hospital
- Phoenixville Hospital
- Clinically affiliated
- Lee Provident is not clinically affiliated for externship training at any other locations.
- EXTERNSHIP TRAINING IS OFFERED TO LEE PROVIDENT STUDENTS ONLY
Upcoming Classroom Program - Saturdays - 1030AM-12PM
11/1/2025 - 2/28/2026
COST = $2000
- Class meets once per week on Saturdays at Pottstown Hospital
- 18-week course
- 24 chapters
- 6 tests
- 400 hours of externship training offered upon successful completion
- If you do not complete the course in 18-weeks, you will not be offered an externship opportunity
Upcoming Self-Study Programs
Classes start on the 1st Saturday of each month and run for 18-weeks
COST = $2000
- No classroom instruction; study from home
- 24 chapters
- 6 tests
- 400 hours of externship training offered upon successful completion
- If you do not complete the course in 18-weeks, you will not be offered an externship opportunity
Program Requirements
- You must meet with Lee Provident in-person to complete an application
- You must meet with Lee Provident in-person to complete and sign your payment plan agreement (if applicable)
- You must meet with Lee Provident in-person to receive a copy of your syllabus
- You must purchase your own books
- You must possess a High School Diploma or GED
- You must have reliable transportation to commute during your externship, hands-on training
- You must be punctual and adhere to our attendance policy during your externship training
- You must submit all required externship documentation for vetting and clearance BEFORE YOU START YOUR EXTERNSHIP TRAINING
- Background Clearances
- Medical Clearances
Flexible Payment Options
FULL PAYMENT
- $500 due upon booking your online appointment
- $1500 due at your registration appointment
PAYMENT PLAN
- $250 due upon booking your online appointment
- $250 due at your registration appointment
- (9) additional bi-weekly scheduled payments of $166.67
- You must complete and sign a Payment Plan Agreement at your registration appointment
Book Requirements
Sterile Processing Technical Manual, Ninth Edition
- Go to myhspa.org
- Click on "STORE"
- Select "Sterile Processing Book Set - 9th Edition"
- Add to Cart
- Pay
About Lee Provident Sterile Processing
Bernard Lee Boyd Jr.
"At Lee Provident Sterile Processing, we are not trying to reinvent the wheel, we want to keep it turning."
-Bernard Lee Boyd Jr.
Bernard has been working in the fields of Surgical Technology and Sterile Processing Technology since 1990. He graduated from the Naval School of Health Sciences, Portsmouth, VA as an Operating Room Technician. Bernard served on active duty as an Operating Room Technician at the prestigious National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD (now called the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center).
In 1992, Bernard was honorably discharged from the United States Navy and worked as a Surgical Technologist at Howard University Hospital (the nation's only teaching hospital on the campus of a historically black university) until 1998 but kept pushing forward by relocating back home to Philadelphia, PA to continue his career as a Surgical Technologist.
Bernard received additional training, scrubbing general surgery, trauma surgery, plastic surgery, cataract surgery, total joint surgery, neurosurgery, spine surgery and transplant surgical procedures, while gathering more exposure to sterile processing technology at some of the top hospitals in the Philadelphia area.
In 2000, Bernard transitioned to sterile processing leadership.
Bernard was formally trained by one of the more leading figures in the field of Sterile Processing Technology and earned his certification as a CBSPD (Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution) then later as a CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician).
Very passionate about the work and the idea of helping others to pursue the sterile processing profession, Bernard formed his own organization, Lee Provident Limited, LLC.
Since 2013, Lee Provident has educated and trained dozens of sterile processing professionals in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Academic and Professional Achievements
ACADEMIC
- Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA – Diploma, Meritorious Honors
- Naval School of Health Sciences, Portsmouth, VA – Certificate of Completion, Operating Room Technician, with Distinction
- Howard University, Washington, DC – Bachelor of Science Degree, Psychology, Magna cum laude
- Medical Center Education Services, Livingston, NJ – Certificate of Completion, Sterile Processing Responsibilities and Practices
- Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA – Master of Science Degree, Health Administration
PROFESSIONAL
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)
- Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST)
- Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER)
- Certified Instrument Specialist (CIS)
- Certified Healthcare Leader (CHL)
- Sterile Processing Educator and Trainer - Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
Lee Provident - Through The Years
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