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BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice

London South Bank University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Doctors and nurses aren’t the only key players in hospitals and healthcare settings: Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) also play a crucial role. If you’d like to be part of the valuable team helping patients prepare, undergo, and recover from surgery, then this course is for you.

The operating department assists patients throughout their time in whichever healthcare setting they may be in. Gain both expertise and experience with a combination of academic study and clinical practice in a real world environment at our clinical allocation hospitals.

Thanks to our specialist skills and valuable work placements, you’ll graduate with excellent career prospects, as well as the opportunity to become accredited and registered as an ODP with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

General Eligibility

  • A Level BBC or;

  • BTEC National Diploma DMM or;

  • Access to HE qualifications in Nursing or similar with 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits or;

  • Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 112 UCAS points

  • Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths, Science and English or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Basic anatomy and physiology for perioperative practice

  • Introduction to perioperative practice skills

  • Caring for individuals in the perioperative environment

  • Understanding fundamental surgery practice

  • Understanding fundamental anaesthetic practice

  • Concepts of inter-professional and collaborative practice

2 Year 2
  • Developing Operating Department Practice skills – complex care needs

  • Ambulatory care/ Day surgery practice skills

  • Applied anatomy and physiology for perioperative practice

  • Post anaesthesia care skills

  • Scope of professional practice for Operating Department Practitioners

  • Appraising evidence for research informed practice

3 Year 3
  • Preparation for Advanced Perioperative Practice

  • Pathophysiology and pharmacology for perioperative practice

  • Contemporary issues in perioperative practice

  • Enhanced recovery and emergency care in theatres

  • Improving quality, change management and leadership

Language Requirement

  • IELTS7.0
  • TOEFL109
  • PTE79
  • Duolingo100

If your first language is not English you must have the following minimum International English Language Test Score (IELTS) results at the time of applying:

  • 7.0 overall or equivalent

  • 7.0 in the listening and reading sections

  • 7.0 in the writing and speaking sections.

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