BSc Operating Department Practice
About this course
BSc in Speech and Language Therapy, combining clinical skills with ethical professional practice. Core topics include Clinical Skills and Ethics & Professional Practice. The programme includes shared introductory modules with other health professions, followed by six clinical placement blocks across surgical and anaesthetic settings. The final year includes an independent professional research project.
Modules
- Fundamentals of Surgery
- Fundamentals of Anaesthetic and Post-Anaesthetic Care
- Placement 1: Surgical Practice
- Placement 2: Anaesthetic Practice
- Becoming a Professional Practitioner
- Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context
- Developing Surgical Care
- Developing Anaesthetic Care
- Placement 3: Developing Anaesthetic Practice
- Placement 4: Developing Surgical Practice
- Pharmacology in Perioperative Practice
- Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity
- Placement 5: Complex Anaesthetic Practice
- Placement 6: Complex Surgical Practice
- Complex Perioperative Patient Care
- Post Anaesthetic Care
- Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional
- The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project
- Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
- Public Health for Health Professionals – 30 credits
- Introduction to Human Disease and Treatment – 30 credits
- Introduction to Professional Practice – 30 credits