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BSc (Hons)

Operating Department Practice

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

B991

Delivery

Campus Taught

Seeking a rewarding career as a key member of a surgical team in the operating department? This BSc Operating Department Practice degree is for you.

Operating Department Practitioners help respond to the physical and psychological needs of patients in surgery.

The course places great emphasis on practical learning so you’ll get to experience live clinical environments.

Working under supervision, you will help with daily duties, learning by observing, shadowing and practising.

You’ll have access to our state-of-the-art clinical skills and anatomy laboratories.

Why study with us

You’ll have access to our state-of-the-art clinical skills and anatomy laboratories.
Topics you’ll study include the anaesthetic, surgical and recovery phases of Operating Department Practice, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, embedding change and leadership and management in the perioperative environment.
Once you graduate, you’ll be able to work in operating departments and be eligible to apply for statutory registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

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What you'll do

You’ll develop your career, enhance your knowledge and skills, and gain an academic qualification.
Clinical placements are provided in NHS Trusts to enhance your personal and professional development.
University and staff and services provide an excellent level of support for you on this course to allow you to succeed in your studies.

Module overview

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

80%Face-to-face

20%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Future careers

With a BSc in Operating Department Practice you could work as an ODP in an NHS Trust or private healthcare provider in the UK.

After a period of employment as an ODP, some graduates have also progressed on to posts in education in universities and NHS Trusts, leadership and management posts in the operating department, Advanced Practice posts in critical care, and sales representatives. Some graduates have moved to work overseas and posts are typically available for ODPs in New Zealand.

Learners who successfully complete this programme are eligible to apply to register as an Operating Department Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£9250 per year

International

Full-time£14250 per year

2023/24

Full-time£9,250 per year

International

Full-time£14,900 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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A three-year degree qualification is, typically, 360 credits. Each 20 credits (a standard module) equates to 200 hours of study, made up of a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and independent study. Independent study is an important aspect of your degree course. The exact combination of study time will be detailed within your module descriptors.

You’ll have access to on campus facilities like the library, IT, academic coaches and tutorial support. You will also study modules in practical settings including in our clinical skills suite.

Clinical practice is an important part of course assessment and you will complete a skills schedule and produce a portfolio of supporting evidence.

A range of assessment strategies are used, including written assignments, such as essays, case studies and reflective accounts, and oral and poster presentations, as well as written and e-portfolios.

This course will be of interest to health and social care practitioners who are already qualified in their field but want to develop their career within practice - enhancing their knowledge and skills whilst working towards an academic qualification.

This degree offers you a wide range of choices, encouraging you to select and plan the route that meets your individual needs.

You’ll enhance your knowledge of your role or speciality and clinical competence and expand your clinical capability within a multidisciplinary team. You’ll also get involved in developing and promoting appropriate practice development to facilitate the delivery of quality health and social care.

As part of the course you will have the opportunity to hear about the experiences of service users, carers, patients and public members via our community engagement and service user support groups (Comensus).

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This course is based in the School of Sport and Health Sciences located in the Faculty of Allied Health and Wellbeing

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