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1 - Managing change in perioperative education

Brian Smith
Affiliation:
Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk
Paul Rawling
Affiliation:
Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk
Paul Wicker
Affiliation:
Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk
Chris Jones
Affiliation:
Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  • Explore the key milestones in perioperative education

  • Define some of the conflicts and tensions that occurred

  • Discuss new ways of teaching and learning in perioperative education

The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the confusion, conflicts and challenges faced by many academic staff and staff involved with perioperative education. To appreciate the changes that have occurred, this chapter will navigate through the key milestones in perioperative education, offering an insight into how they have provided a road map of today's perioperative education.

Operating department assistant training

From 1976 and until the 1990s, education for the operating department assistant and the operating department practitioner (ODP) was available through regional training centres. The City and Guilds of London Institute approved the regional training centres following recommendations made by the Lewin Report (Department of Health 1970). This offered many recruits, who came from diverse backgrounds and who did not always have perioperative experience, an opportunity to enter into perioperative practice.

The course itself comprised of two calendar years where the ‘trainee ODA’ was exposed to specialities within the theatre suite. Trainees were also invited to visit other departments that had a direct influence on their perioperative work. For some, visiting accident & emergency, sterile services, coronary care and intensive care units expanded their knowledge and understanding of medicine and healthcare.

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Core Topics in Operating Department Practice
Leadership and Management
, pp. 1 - 9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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