This module will cover such areas as sensory impairment, an introduction to different types of anaesthesia, an introduction to trauma death and dying, the theatre environment and etiquette, patient safety, and relevant guidelines and policies including NATSSIPS, LOCSSIPS, WHO checklist, Safer Surgery.

The module will also cover the importance of human factors and ergonomics and the impact they have on patient safety, key considerations to peri-operative risks such as venous thromboembolism, hypothermia and pressure care prevention, surgical sight infection and how to apply evidence-based practice.

This module will include a Service User Conference – a chance for you to learn from service users as they share their experiences of healthcare.

Summative assessment

You may propose a case study (to be discussed with the module leader for suitability), or select from a choice provided by the module leader.

You will then undertake a 15-minute presentation on this case study followed by 5-minute question and answer session. This presentation will cover all learning outcomes.

You can choose to either submit a copy of your presentation to a designated portal and present live on the day followed by question and answers or submit a pre-recorded narrated presentation to a designated portal and be present for screening of the presentation and question and answer session.

This assessment must be passed with a minimum grade of 40% to achieve all learning outcomes and completion of the module.

Formative Assessment

You can either; submit a maximum of 10 slides of your presentation to a designated formative portal with your notes for those slides (for those students choosing to present live) or submit a maximum of 10 narrated slides (pre-recorded slides) to a designated formative portal (for those students choosing to submit a narrated presentation rather than presenting live)

You will then be offered the opportunity to attend a face to face tutorial (30 minutes) with a member of the module team where your formative submissions will be discussed. Written feedback will not be supplied, and you will need to make your own notes.

Learning strategies for this module will include a mixture of simulation, lectures, seminars, group work, independent study, games, case studies and a service user conference (this may be live or recorded cases).

1. Discuss the guidelines that contribute to patient safety in perioperative care.
Knowledge and Understanding

2. Describe how the theatre environment contributes to patient safety, and adaptations specific to a case study.
Knowledge and Understanding Application

3. Evaluate how Human Factors affect patient safety, applying this to a case study.
Analysis Application

Library resources Access to VLE

Simmersion space

Clinical skills lab

Classrooms

Service Users

Allman, K. and Wilson, I. (2016) Oxford handbook of anaesthesia (4th Edition). London: Churchill Livingstone.

Aveyard, H. and Sharp, P. (2017) A beginner’s guide to evidence-based practice in health and social care. 3rd ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

Dekker, S. (2017) The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error. Boca Raton: CRC Press

Gault, I. (2017) Communication in nursing and healthcare: a guide for compassionate practice. London: Sage

Health and Care Professions Council (2022) Standards of Proficiency for Operating Department Practice [Online]. Available from: http://www.hcpc-uk.org/assets/documents/10000514Standards_of_Proficiency_ODP.pdf

Rodger, D. (2022) Fundamentals of operating department practice. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Would you like the opportunity to hear directly from patients? Studying this module will provide you with the opportunity to attend a Service Users Conference, this conference will provide you with an introduction to the many types of patients you will care for as an Operating Department Practitioner and hear their experiences of healthcare. This module also includes an introduction to human impacts and user-friendly systems (human factors and ergonomics) within the theatre environment and the national policies that underpin practice specifically linked to theatre and recovery.