Intra-operative Surgical Care

Programme title:	Intra-operative Surgical Care
Apply:	direct to the University via the NHS Business Unit
Start (pt):	February
Mode:	part-time
Duration:	1 semester
Location:	Luton campus and Partner Institutions
Faculty:	Faculty of Health & Social Sciences

Summary

As a result of changes to working practices in the Operating Department and to advances in surgery, the role of the scrubbed practitioner in the surgical setting is becoming ever more demanding.

Building upon your existing skills and knowledge, this unit will allow you to continue to develop professionally through critical application of research based practice, and to manage the intra-operative surgical environment more effectively.

Teaching/learning methods and strategies

Your learning will be supported through a student centred work based learning approach. The unit is evidence based and related to current local and national agendas. There will be opportunities for you to engage in a variety of learning experiences. In this way you will be encouraged to take back to your own practice area the key learning outcomes of the unit. This process will be supported by lecturer facilitation, including the delivery of key presentations around the learning outcomes, as well as specialist sessions and the opportunity to develop key skills in a controlled environment, where appropriate.

You will also be required to plan how to meet the unit learning outcomes, in theory and practice, relating them to your own practice environment through the completion of the required assignments. Additionally your learning will be supported via tutorials, group work, E-learning via BREO and E-learning library resources. You will be able to bring your reflections on experiences in practice to enable integration of theory to practice. You are asked to negotiate, with the unit co-ordinator and workplace, a minimum of 6 competencies that you wish to develop during this unit.

A major part of the learning experience will occur through self directed study, this requires time to reflect, analyse and evaluate experiences from theory and practice, including the client’s journey through care.

Recommended reading

Essential:

Phillips, N (2007) Berry and Kohns Operating Room Technique. 11th Ed Mosby London

Recommended:

Clarke P and Jones J (Eds) (1998). Brigdens Operating Department Practice. Edinburgh. Churchill Livingstone.

Davey A and Ince C (2000). Fundamentals of Operating Department Practice. London. Greenwich Medical Media Limited.

Greetham B (2001) How to Write Better Essays. Houndsmill. Palgrave Macmillan.

Hind M and Wicker P (2000) Principles of Perioperative Practice. Edinburgh. Churchill Livingstone.

Ince, C. and Davey, A. (2004) Clinical Operating Department Practice Greenwich Medical Media

Manley K and Bellman L (2000) Surgical Nursing: Advancing Practice. Edinburgh. Churchill Livingstone.

Ogier M (2003). Reading Research. London. Balliere Tindall.

Price B (2003). Studying Nursing Using Problem based and Enquiry based Learning. Houndmills. Palgrave Macmillan.

Rose J (2007) The Mature Students Guide to Writing. Houndsmill. Palgrave Macmillan.

Entry requirements

Available to all health care professionals currently working or placed within a practice environment related to this unit.

Fees, Bursaries, Scholarships, Costs

Contact NHS Business Unit for fees.

Attendance

See Unit Delivery Schedule below for dates.

Find out more

Further details are available from:

Philip Beckwith, Senior Teaching Fellow
T: +44 (0)1582 743812
M: +44 (0)7515189698
F: +44 (0)1582 743400
E: philip.beckwith@beds.ac.uk

How to apply:

Please contact the NHS Business Unit or download an application form from the website.

E: nhs-business-unit@beds.ac.uk
T: 01582 743048
F: 01582 743704

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