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Operating Department Practitioner Course

What will I learn?

Boost your healthcare career with our Operating Theatre Practitioner Course. Learn important skills for working well in a team, talking to other healthcare workers, and keeping patients safe. Get good at how to talk to people properly, sort out disagreements, and work as a team when things are tough. Practice different situations and act out roles to get better at doing things in real life. Understand the important jobs in the operating theatre, including circulating practitioners, scrub practitioners, and recovery practitioners. Join us to make sure surgeries go well and you keep getting better at your job.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Become good at talking in the operating theatre: Improve how your team works together during operations.

Make sure patients are safe: Focus on managing risks and making sure everything is done to a high standard.

Be a great team player: Handle tough situations by working well with others.

Think about how you can improve: Always be learning and getting better at your job.

Understand different roles: Know the main jobs and what people do in the operating theatre.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.