This module will include a range of subjects and clinical skills to include the World Health Organisation (WHO) five steps to safer surgery and associated documentation, health and safety in the peri-operative environment including COSHH, RIDDOR, information governance and incident reporting.

It will also cover components such as manual handling, basic airway management and associated equipment, vital signs monitoring and completion of relevant documentation. Additionally fundamental surgical skills such as a sterile field, scrubbing up, skin preparation and instrument familiarisation will be covered.

There will be an introduction to the post anaesthetic care unit (PACU) including patient assessment using a structured A to E approach and effective communication and handover using the situation, background, assessment, recommendation and discussion (SBARD) approach.

Optionality of assessment is not available in this module.

Summative assessment

You will be required to undertake four Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) stations from a selection identified by the Module Leader. In order to meet all learning outcomes and pass this module, all four stations must receive a pass grade. Your module grade will then be an average of the score achieved in all four stations.

To meet all three learning outcomes, you must demonstrate safe practice and provide evidence to support your decisions. Whilst performing the relevant clinical skill you will be expected to demonstrate effective communication skills to the simulated patient.

If unsafe practice is observed this will result in an automatic fail.

Formative Assessment

You will have the opportunity to complete a minimum of two practice OSCE stations under exam conditions with feedback provided (other stations will be practiced outside of exam conditions as part of the modular content).

This module is largely based on a flipped learning approach where guided reading, workbooks and videos will be supplied for completion prior to attending a skills lab session. Learning strategies for this module may also include a mixture of simulation, lectures, seminars, group work, independent study, educational games, case studies and service users.

1. Demonstrate core clinical skills that underpin the role of the ODP during the perioperative pathway Knowledge and Understanding Application Learning

2. Provide evidence to support your practice including relevant guidelines
Analysis

3. Demonstrate effective communication skills when carrying out each task.
Communication

Clinical Skills Lab

Consumables

Manikins

Access to VLE

Service Users/Recordings

Health & Care Professions Council (2016) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics [Online]. Available from: http://www.hcpc-uk.org/assets/documents/10004EDFStandardsofconduct,performanceandethics.pdf
Health & Care Professions Council (2022) The standards of proficiency for operating department practitioners[online]. Available from: Operating department practitioners | (hcpc-uk.org)

Sara Lister, L., Justine Hofland, H. and Hayley Grafton, G. (2020) The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures. 10th ed., professional ed. Wiley.

Yan, K. (2021) Surgical and Anaesthetic Instruments for OSCEs: A Practical Study Guide. Milton: CRC Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429342516.

This module will offer students the opportunity to practice and undertake a range of clinical skills vital for safe and effective patient care in clinical practice. This will be taught using a flipped classroom style where students use a range of technologies to inform their learning and then the opportunity to practice the skills safely within the facilities on campus. This will then link closely with student clinical practice placements, which is assessed through a separate module. Teaching and learning in this module will also link closely with the theory content for Introduction to Bioscience and Pharmacology and Clinical Practice, Simulation, and Wellbeing 1 where relevant skills will be grouped together to form part of simulated practice.