Course contact details
Course Enquiries Team
Email:study@edgehill.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0)1695 657000
Edge Hill University
St Helens Road
Ormskirk
L39 4QP
Course summary
Train to provide high standards of care for people during the anaesthetic, surgery and recovery phases of surgical treatment. After graduation, you’ll be eligible to register as an Operating Department Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Operations are complex and there’s a big demand for care experts at each stage of a patient’s perioperative journey.
Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs) are a vital part of the perioperative process. Working as part of a team in this specialist and dynamic environment, it’s crucial they’re knowledgeable in surgical, anaesthetic and recovery procedures, anatomy and physiology, illness and disease, and overall patient care, as well as legal and ethical issues.
During this operating department practice degree, you’ll dissect areas like health, research, perioperative skills and procedures, and pharmacology. Learn how to treat and communicate with compassion, making patients of all ages feel at ease in the face of potentially life changing procedures.
During our operating department practice degree, you’ll get hands-on experience and a feel for the pace of life in a real operating department in a variety of settings. Depending on where you live, your clinical placement could be in the Merseyside, East Cheshire or Greater Manchester region.
Following graduation, you’ll have the skills that enable you to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a qualified ODP.
You can choose to study this course at Edge Hill’s Ormskirk campus or St James’, our Manchester city centre location.
Modules
Course Modules
Please visit our website for information on available modules.
http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/course/operating-department-practice
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Health and Care Professions Council
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Ormskirk (Main Campus)
- St James’ Manchester
Study options
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
Start dates
Application codes
- Institution code:
- E42
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
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How to apply
Application codes
- Institution code:
- E42
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
Course optionsEntry requirements
Typical qualification requirements
A levelBCC-BBC
Please note, the above represents an example of how you can achieve the required number of tariff points, however you can also achieve this with other combinations.
A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.
A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.
T LevelM
UCAS Tariff104-112
No specific subjects are required.
Plus GCSE at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics.
Eligible candidates must provide evidence of study within the five years prior to application.
Plus GCSE at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics.
Eligible candidates must provide evidence of study within the five years prior to application.
Access to HE DiplomaDistinction: 15 Merit: 30
Please note, the above represents an example of how you can achieve the required number of tariff points, however you can also achieve this with other combinations.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DMM
A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)H3H3H3H3H3
A minimum of five subjects at Grade H1-H3 will be required.
If you have a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent), there is no maximum number of qualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. This includes additional qualifications such as Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), AS Levels that haven’t been continued to A Level, and General Studies AS or A Level awards.
For further information on how you can meet the entry requirements, including details of alternative qualifications, please visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/offers or contact our Course Enquiries Team on 01695 657000 or email study@edgehill.ac.uk. https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/study/apply/entry-requirements/
Additional entry requirements
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) / Disclosure Scotland Check
- Health Checks
- Interview
Contextual admissions
Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.
We have a long-standing commitment to widening access to higher education and our entry requirements have flexibility to make appropriate offers to applicants based on their background. Most of our courses publish a tariff-point range for entry to allow flexibility to consider an applicant’s full portfolio, including any contextual information provided. We assess the entire application in our decision making and encourage applicants to provide contextual information.
Historical entry grades data
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.
Course optionsHistorical entry grades report
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £10050 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
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