BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice Studies (Degree Apprenticeship) at Teesside University

Programme overview

A degree apprenticeship for employed healthcare workers training as operating department practitioners, with about half of the course completed in the practice environment and the academic components delivered online. It leads to the Health and Care Professions Council standards of proficiency for ODPs.

What you will study

Years 1 and 2 build foundational knowledge through modules such as An Introduction to Evidence Based Practice, Structure and Function, Foundations of Perioperative Care, Perioperative Practice, Clinical Decision Making in the Perioperative Environment and Perioperative Pharmacology. Year 3 covers Advancing Perioperative Practice, a dissertation and Preparation for Mentoring and Coaching in the Operating Department.

Career pathways

Operating department practitioner roles specialising in surgery, anaesthetics or post-anaesthetic care, with development routes into teaching or theatre management and openings in accident and emergency and intensive care; employers include NHS trusts, private hospitals, primary care clinics and the armed forces.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants need employer support and must be employed in an appropriate perioperative healthcare setting, hold Level 2 English and maths before starting, and provide evidence of ability to work at Level 3 in a perioperative environment (for example NVQ Level 3 or equivalent). Values and attitudes are assessed at interview with the employer and University. Applications from international students requiring a student visa are not accepted. Recognition of prior learning may apply.

Intake: May

Duration: 3 years

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