Surgical Management in the Perioperative Environment
- Study Mode: Part Time
- Location: Blended Learning
- Duration: 15 Weeks
- Start Date: February 2025
This short course will help you develop the skills and knowledge needed to successfully undertake the role of a Surgical Module. This module runs twice per year, with intakes in October and February
Our lecturers maintain clinical currency by working in practice to ensure you receive the most up-to-date insights and training.
Credits: 20 credits at Level 6 and 7.
Why study this subject?
This course is designed to help health practitioners in the perioperative environment who work in the operating theatre or wish to extend their knowledge and skills in caring for patients undergoing surgical procedures.
What will I study?
This module will give you the opportunity to reflect on and analyse the care offered, as well as use evidence to increase your understanding of the service provision, professional issues and teamwork in this specialty area.
Key themes of the module include:
- patient safety, comfort and dignity
- the six C's - care, compassion, courage, communication, commitment and competence
- leadership
- key drivers and contemporary issues in practice.
Skills and knowledge for practice include:
- the holistic care and management of patients during the surgical phase
- care planning to meet the patients' health and safety needs
- infection prevention
- environmental safety
- preparing for specimens and management of implants
- role of the scrub and circulating practitioner in the perioperative team
- preparation and maintenance of the sterile field
- complications of surgery
- the disease process (anatomy and physiology related to surgery)
- complex patient care (trauma or non-scheduled surgery).
BNU is a leading provider in continuing professional development (CPD) training.
What are the course entry requirements?
In order to apply for this course you must be a registered practitioner working in the appropriate clinical environment.
What are the tuition fees
Home
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Home, Academic Year 2024 - 2025: £1,300 *
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Home, Academic Year 2025 - 2026: £1,320 *
Following the Government’s announcement of 4 November 2024, we will be increasing our full-time undergraduate tuition fees for UK students to £9,535 per year from the start of the 2025/26 academic year. Our part-time fees for UK undergraduate students will increase to £7,145 per annum. Please visit , on the Government’s website, for more information about the changes.
Tuition fees for Home undergraduate students (including with foundation year) may increase in subsequent years for both new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by the Government.  
Tuition fees for both new and continuing international students may be subject to an inflationary increase based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the 12-month period to 31 January each year.  
Tuition fees for postgraduate courses and CPD may be subject to an inflationary increase based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the 12-month period to 31 January each year. This increase will apply to both new and continuing students.  
We understand, and really appreciate, the significant financial commitment our students make when they choose to study at BNU. We take our responsibilities to our students very seriously, and are ambitious for each to reach their full potential and succeed in their chosen career. Our fees help us to continue providing our students with a high-quality education, and to invest in the services and facilities which create an excellent student experience at BNU.
The following factors will be considered by the University when we set the annual fees: measures of inflation such as the retail price indices; projected increases in University costs; and any changes in the level of funding for teaching received from the Government.
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