Advanced Scrub Practitioner Course D - Part 2 - Extended skills for ASP's

Aimed at Qualified Advanced Scrub Practitioners

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The Advanced Scrub Practitioner Part 2 course is aimed at qualified Advanced Scrub Practitioners who are required to further extend their practice using surgical skills (e.g.: suturing) as a regular part of their role. This course should be undertaken by a practitioner who has already completed a nationally recognised and accredited Advanced Scrub Practitioner course which has been nationally accredited and the Key Instruction in Surgical Skills Course.

Students will undertake this course whilst employed within an operating department and must be in a position to utilise the skills offered on the course on a regular basis in order to maintain competence. Clinical practice will be facilitated by an appointed and appropriately trained mentor and clinical supervisor within the students' workplace, and will be undertaken as part of their employed work activities. Students will be expected to be assessed using the competency document provided.

Students will receive a suggested plan of topics and activities to help them organise their study time. The plan will be devised to provide direction and support related to the identified topics within the practice competencies, ensuring they receive theoretical support linked to the practice experience. Learning will be directed through teaching materials related to the indicative content provided via a dedicated website. Self tests will be included to enable students to measure their progress. A learning contract should be negotiated with their mentor within the first month of commencing the course.

The Course:

This course has been developed to support the Qualified Advanced Scrub Practitioner with the opportunity to undertaken both the theoretical and who have already undertaken the practical skills course (eg: nationally recognised Key Instruction in Surgical Skills course). The programme offers qualified Advanced Scrub Practitioners the opportunity to continue developing and expanding their professional boundaries gaining the underpinning knowledge to support the clinical practice gained at the local level. This course aims to enable the Advanced Scrub Practitioner to competently undertake the additional surgical skills as an ASP, recognising the legal framework, accountability and responsibility in accordance with their professional code of conduct.

Prerequisites to attend course:

This course is aimed at Qualified Advanced Scrub Practitioners.

The course will cover:

Clinical Hours:

It is anticipated that the Advanced Scrub Practitioner extended their skills will need approximately 100 hours clinical practice in their new role. It is estimated that these clinical hours could be translated into 1 day (2 sessions) per week over a period of approximately 18 weeks. The total number of clinical hours an individual practitioner requires will be influenced by a number of issues.

Advanced Scrub Practitioner Extended skills Course (Part II) Portfolio of evidence

As part of the training process trainees will compile a portfolio of evidence which will be used to verify overall clinical competency. Practitioners wishing to submission of their portfolio of evidence for academic accreditation will be required to complete their University Accreditation document at the commencement of their programme when the trainee will be given a training / university identification number. On completion of the programme, the Portfolio of evidence will be submitted to PEP where the portfolio will be assessed by two educationalists anonymously using the training / university identification number.

Course dates & venues:

Costs:

Course Fees for courses booked between February and December 2012 for any of the courses detailed below. 

Course fees include:

• Lecture Course & Individual ASP training number.
  
• Delegate Pack to support course including Course Handbook & Mentor Handbook
  
• Refreshments & lunch during study days
  
• Accreditation if successful, Award of each 30 level 6 credits, credit rated by the University of Greenwich
  
• Tutorials during programme. Dates and times to be organised on an individual basis
  

Academic Accreditation

The programme is offered at Academic level 6 to support the development of the portfolio of evidence reflecting the level of education and training required of the Advanced Scrub Practitioner. Successful completion and assessment of the portfolio of evidence will provide the trainee with 30 level 6 Academic Credit rated by the University of Greenwich.

Tutorials

The programme offers the trainee access to two thirty-minute tutorials during a course with a PEP educationalist aimed to provide guidance on the development of the Portfolio of Evidence. This can be organised in groups or individual sessions.

Mentors and Supervisors

Each trainee will be required to have both a professional mentor and clinical supervisor (consultant surgeon).

Application form:

To reserve your place on this course forms please download and fill in the application form below or contact us.

Download application form 2012

Please post completed forms to :
Mrs Jenny Parr, Course administrator,
PO Box 283, Manchester , M21 3BD

Email: info@pepractice.co.uk

Booking Form

Please note, in the event of a cancelled booking a 15% administration fee will be charged if it is a minimum of 4 weeks before the course and 25% if cancelled within 4 four weeks of the course commencing.

If your delegate fees are to be paid on invoice, all fees must be received prior to you attending this event.