BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice (Pre Registration)

Program Overview

This program at UWL combines classroom learning with 60% clinical practice in partnership with NHS Trusts. It aims to train skilled and compassionate perioperative practitioners eligible for HCPC registration, preparing them for successful careers in various healthcare specialties. The program provides personalized feedback, high-tech resources, and access to exceptional placement opportunities. Students benefit from a supportive faculty, including dedicated personal tutors.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Why Study at UWL?

• Ranked in the top 30% of universities nationwide according to The Guardian University Guide 2024
• Awarded University of the Year for Social Inclusion by the Daily Mail University Guide 2024
• Recognized as the best university for Student Experience and Teaching Quality in the UK by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024
• Ranked number 1 London university (non-specialist) by the National Student Survey 2023
• Program Objectives:
• To train students to become skilled healthcare professionals capable of providing high-quality compassionate care in the perioperative setting.
• To develop students into perioperative practitioners who are:
• Safe, compassionate, and confident
• Professional and accountable
• Effective team players
• Research-minded and adept at problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Able to integrate theory into practice, promoting innovation and effective change
• Independent, highly motivated, and reflective lifelong learners
• Program Description:
• The program combines classroom learning with clinical practice, allowing students to apply their knowledge to real-world situations.
• 60% of the program involves gaining experience in clinical practice with an NHS Trust operating department.
• Students have access to modern simulation center facilities and receive personalized feedback throughout the course.

Outline:

• Year 1:
• Compulsory modules:
• Human Anatomy and Physiology:
Covers the structure and function of the main organs within the human body, homeostasis maintenance through regulation, common methodologies used to analyze and measure physiological parameters, and interpretation of common abnormalities found in clinical investigations.
• The Context for Professional Practice: Focuses on the context of professional practice, issues influencing the role of Operating Department Practice, the legal framework of perioperative practice, regulatory requirements, human factors, risk assessment, and teamwork.
• Principles of Perioperative Practice: Introduces the fundamentals of perioperative practice.
• Essential Skills for Higher Education and Healthcare: Introduces the worlds of higher education and healthcare, emphasizing rapid transformations, the role within the university, innovative thinking about modern healthcare practice, and expected values of healthcare professionals.
• Clinical Skills for Perioperative Practice 1: Provides essential experience to meet the clinical learning outcomes for the first year, emphasizing a reflective approach to learning and assessment opportunities.
• Surgical Practice: Develops theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to support surgical competence across specialties, emphasizing reflection on patient care delivery, roles, and responsibilities.
• Care of Patients with Complex Conditions: Enhances understanding of the needs of patients with long-term conditions, focusing on pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and their implications in the operating theatre.
• Anaesthesia and Post Anaesthetic Practice: Develops theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to enhance and support anaesthetic and post-anaesthetic competence across specialties, emphasizing reflection on patient care delivery and the ODP's role.
• Clinical Skills for Perioperative Practice 2: Provides essential experience to meet the clinical learning outcomes for the second year, emphasizing a reflective approach to learning and assessment opportunities.
• Year 3:
• Clinical Skills for Perioperative Practice 3: Integrates knowledge, understanding, skills, and behaviors aligned with the Standards of Proficiency for Operating Department Practitioners (HCPC, 2023) and the Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students (HCPC, 2016).

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods:
• Combines classroom learning with clinical practice.
• Utilizes high-tech and innovative resources to enhance engagement.
• Offers personalized feedback on progress in both theoretical and practical components.
• Faculty:
• The teaching staff consists of highly committed and passionate subject specialists.
• Students are assigned a personal tutor to guide them throughout the course.
• Unique Approaches:
• The program provides access to a variety of practice placements through partnerships with healthcare organizations.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths:
• Anaesthetics
• Surgery
• Recovery
• Leadership/Management in perioperative settings
• Resuscitation teams
• High-dependency areas
• Educational and research roles
• Emergency department
• Intensive care unit
• Opportunities:
• The program prepares students to be eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which is necessary to practice as an Operating Department Practitioner.

Other:

• Placement Partner:
• The program partners with various healthcare organizations for clinical placements:
• Frimley Health
• Royal Berkshire Hospital (for RG postcodes only)
• Ashford and St Peters
• West Middlesex Hospital
• London Northwest (Ealing, Central Middlesex, and Northwich Park)
• Imperial (St Marys, Hammersmith, and Charing Cross)
• Homerton Hospital
• Barking and Havering foundation trust
• Kings and Queens
• Redhill Hospital
• Kingston
• Occupational Health and DBS:
• All offers are subject to satisfactory:
• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• Occupational health clearance
• Exposure Prone Procedures (EPP) workers, including students, are tested for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.
• Selection Process:
• Candidates are required to attend an individual values-based interview with an academic, clinician, and service user/carer.

Tuition fee is £9,250 per year for UK students. The fee above is the cost per year of your course. If your course runs for two years or more, you will need to pay the fee for each academic year at the start of that year. If your course runs for less than two years, the cost above is for your full course and you will need to pay the full fee upfront.