Advanced Practice in Context (for perioperative practice)

Program Overview

This module enhances clinical practice skills, enabling you to acquire advanced abilities under supervision. It expands your role within perioperative care, equipping you with augmented skills for an expanded role in the perioperative arena. Through observation, mentorship, and practice, you will integrate theory and skills, demonstrating proficiency at the appropriate level to achieve learning outcomes.

Program Outline

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This module enables you to build on your consolidated clinical practice role whilst acquiring further advanced skills under supervision. The advanced encompass those elements of practice formerly seen as advanced roles as identified within the Perioperative Care Collaborative document 'Surgical First Assistant'. Successful completion of this module will equip you with up to date augmented skills necessary to fulfil an expanded role within the perioperative arena. Exposure, participation, supervision, visits, observation, goal setting, discussion, reflection, questioning, and opportunities for role modelling will be utilised to facilitate the integration of theory to practice. Students undertaking this module will work within the clinical setting with a designated mentor/assessor and mentorship/assessment team. You'll observe, monitor and consider the impact of intervention upon the patient/client. Whilst caring for patients, you will demonstrate the necessary skills and knowledge at the appropriate level in order to achieve the learning outcomes.