Management of the Patient in Anaesthetic Settings HEA3183

Overview

This module has been developed in order to facilitate the development of knowledge, skills and underlying principles of safe and effective anaesthetic practice. It is designed to be inter-professional and is directed at practitioners working in the perioperative area participating in anaesthetic care. Module content is selected and designed to meet the knowledge and skills required to practice anaesthetic care across a broad range of surgical specialties.

This module is takes a blended approach, giving the students the option to access content purely online. Students wishing to attend the scheduled face to face sessions should note that these are based at St James Manchester

 

Module code:	HEA3183
Level:	6
Module credits:	30
Cost for new students:	£1500 for 2025/2026 Academic Year

If you are an existing student who is undertaking this module as part of a programme, your fee will have been advised to you by email. You can also check your fees online. For any queries, please contact [email protected]

If your tuition fee is being paid by a sponsor or you are a sponsor paying a student’s fee, you are required to send a copy of a purchase order to [email protected].

For further guidance please visit: Sponsored students – Edge Hill University

Who is this module for?

There are two specific groups of students who would access this module:

• The newly qualified nurse who needs to build on their skill and evidence base to underpin practice
• The qualified practitioner who although has a breadth of practical experience has limited academic qualification or specific experience to support their practice.

Students must be registered with their respective professional bodies (NMC/HCPC). It is necessary for the student to be working in a clinical area that allows them to meet the learning outcomes. This module has a requirement that the student be assessed in practice. The practice assessment is derived from NHS for Scotland (2013) core competences. To demonstrate achievement of these competencies the student will require an allocation to an anaesthetic area (or areas) that encompass all the practice within the competencies. He/she must also be supervised by a mentor holding an anaesthetic qualification for the duration of the module. It should be stipulated that the clinical skills element (50%) within this course is ‘competency based’ rather than being based on a ‘minimum’ number of practice hours. Some Learners will have transferable skills which can be used to achieve the overall competencies while others will find some of the clinical skills required to be novel and may need to spend more time achieving them. Employers are strongly advised to facilitate Clinical Learning by enabling Learners to spend as much time as possible in Anaesthetic Practice’ in order to meet these skills.

This module is takes a blended approach, giving the students the option to access content purely online.

What are the key aims of the module?

• The overarching rationale for this module is to develop safe, competent and confident practitioners who can underpin their anaesthetic care with appropriate evidence.
• The perioperative area continues to require practitioners to work across disciplines and obtain new skills in specialist areas. Anaesthetic Care is a specialist area in which highly dependent patients require competent skilled practitioners. There is therefore a sustained need for skilled and educated practitioners within anaesthetic care.
• Practitioners accessing this module will normally have begun to develop reflective, analysis and ICT skills. This module will develop these skills to facilitate enquiry-based approaches thus engendering independent learning skills applied to anaesthetic care. Candidates will need to consider that the written element of the final assessment requires the ability to write at academic Level 6 (degree level) to successfully complete the programme. Academic support is available throughout but there is a strong emphasis on independent learning overall.

How will I study?

This module is normally studied over 15 sessions, over two semesters. The module overall takes 33 weeks. This module is takes a blended approach, giving the students the option to access content purely online. When attendance sessions are scheduled these are based at St James Manchester

What will I study?

• Principles of anaesthetic care practice: preparation for anaesthetic care
• Preparation for anaesthesia
• Physiological parameters and airway management
• Regional and local anaesthesia
• Homeostasis of respiration
• Extended surgical anaesthesia
• Paediatric anaesthesia
• Obstetric anaesthesia
• Reversal of anaesthesia
• 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.

How will I be assessed?

A Practice Assessment Document and a 20 minute presentation

All assessment elements must be passed to successfully complete the module.

On successful completion you will:

• Achieve and apply competencies within the anaesthetic care practitioner’s role
• Critically examine a range of evidence to determine best practice in anaesthetic care practice
• Critically analyse an area of anaesthetic care practice appraising patient care and formulate an achievable action plan.

Study dates and venues

How to apply

Module availability varies from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Due to the popularity of some modules it may be that the module is fully booked when your application is received. We will include your details on a waiting list and allocate you a place on the next available intake.

Applications will be open from Tuesday, 1 April 2025

For details of how to apply, please visit the apply page.

Contact us

For further information regarding module availability, study dates and costs please contact the School of Allied Health, Social Work and Wellbeing on [email protected].

If you have any queries regarding module content and your suitability to study please contact the Module Lead, Leanne Owens, on [email protected].

Pathways

This module can be studied on a stand alone basis. It is an optional module on the BSc (Hons) Clinical and Professional Perioperative Practice programme.