Course description
Anaesthetic Practitioner Part 1
This module aims to develop safe, competent and confident anaesthetic practitioners who can underpin their practice with appropriate evidence in a range of surgical specialities.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Entry requirements
- Ability to study at level 7
- Professional registration as a healthcare professional:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- You must be working in a clinical area that allows you to meet the learning outcomes.
This module is the first of two modules that must be completed:
- Anaesthetic Practitioner Part 1 (HCRM017)
- Anaesthetic Practitioner Part 2 (HCRM018).
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Credits: 15
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
- Critically analyse the anatomical and physiological measurements associated with patients undergoing anaesthesia and evaluate the outcomes.
- Identify and examine the pharmacokinetics of peri-anaesthesia drugs.
- Utilise theoretical, experiential and research based knowledge to effectivelymanage the patient during all emergency procedures.
- Evaluate the issues of accountability, responsibility and role limitations within professional boundaries for the anaesthetic practitioner and future anaesthetic practice.
- Develop an understanding of the fundamental concepts of patient safety during anaesthesia and the impact of national and local anaesthesia practitioner policies to your practice.
- Achieve and apply competencies within the anaesthetic care practitioner's role.
Training Course Content
Principles of anaesthetic care practice
- Pre-operative assessment
- Preparation for anaesthesia
- Physiological parameters and airway management
- Regional and local anaesthesia; homeostasis of respiration
- Evaluating anaesthetic care.
Health, safety and risk
- Risk assessment
- Infection control
- Correct site surgery
- Patient positioning.
Law and ethics
- Consent
- Legal issues and accountability
- Specialist skills and role expectations
- Competency frameworks
- Specialist skills and core competencies
- Critical evaluation
- Care planning - opportunities and considerations
- Action planning - short, medium and long term objectives.
Course delivery details
Our CPD moduleswill be delivered usinghybrid learning. This means that depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face to face and online delivery, as this has worked really well for our practice-based colleagues. A couple of modules will be delivered solely online, however for most modules face to face contact time and attendance at the university will be required.
Learning and teaching methods include:
- Lectures
- Workshops
- Scenarios
- Online tutorials
- E-learning.