AH1S13 - Health Promotion in Operating Department Practice 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: AH1S13
Module Title: Health Promotion in Operating Department Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Allied Health and Chiropractic
Faculty Sub Group: Operating Dept Practice
Module Leader: Craig Griffiths, Ashley Davies
Module Team: Deborah Ryan, Bethan Kent, Filipa Machado
First Intended Intake: SEP 2022 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 4
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100273 - operating department practice
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

This module will explore the concept health and wellbeing within populations, communities, and individuals. By examining the impact of health and social disparities, inequities of opportunities, diversity and human rights on health and wellbeing and the impact on the perioperative patient and the practitioner. Students will develop early research, leadership and education skills in developing a health promotion resource for either patients or staff that addresses issues around physical and mental health and wellbeing at a local, national or global level.

Content Summary

This module will develop the skills and knowledge to recognise health, social and environmental issues, and the impact that these have on health and well-being exploring the role of the Operating Department Practitioner and other professionals in instigating change to a more inclusive and participatory society. This will be explored in relation to public health, health prevention and reducing health inequalities and disparities, in individuals, their wider families and communities and populations.
Topics will include:
The ‘healthy’ practitioner. Looking at evidence-based research and learning from other professions to develop healthy working practices.
Environmental impact of the perioperative process.
Identifying the role of ODPs within health promotion looking into health and wellbeing surrounding perioperative care and the impacts of negative health behaviours on anaesthetic and surgical care.
The wider determinants of health and wellbeing- demography, social determinants, choice, cultural influences, inequalities and promoting a more inclusive and participatory society.
Prevention, population health and public health data to understand current societal/health/wellbeing challenges.
Integrated health and wellbeing – working inter-professionally to promote health and wellbeing.
The impact of illness and wellness on mental, physical, and social well-being for the perioperative patient.
Exploration of public health and wellbeing legislation and implications for contemporary Operating Department Practice e.g.,
• Welsh Government (2020) Allied Health Professions Framework for Wales – Looking Forward Together.
• Welsh Government (2019) A Healthier Wales: our plan for Health and Social Care
• Public Health Wales Long Term Strategy 2018-2030: Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales
• UK Allied Health Professions Public Health Strategic Framework.
Models of health and wellbeing promotion approaches, place-based approaches, strengthening community action, community development and asset-based approaches. Facilitating behaviour change in the context of personalised care using evidence-based approaches such as making every contact count (MECC), motivational interviewing and supporting self-management.
Supporting personalised care conversations, including behaviour change and social prescribing.
Health education, health protection, public health, delivering sustainable and effective preventative health care services locally, nationally, and internationally.
Delivering fair, equitable and inclusive health and well-being promotion and prevention programmes.
Developing qualitative and quantitative research skills for evidence-based practice.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 16
Practical classes and workshops 12
Independent Study 72
Directed Study 80
Active/Simulation Based 12
Groupwork 8
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Identify the determinants of health and well-being in the context of Operating Department Practice locally, nationally, and globally, through engagement with literature, legislation, and contemporary practice.
LO2 Demonstrate and apply an understanding of health and wellbeing promotion, illness and disease prevention and protection though the creation of resources to support the health improvement of a set population (e.g., patients, staff etc.)

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Student Choice 1 Development of a health/wellbeing promotion resource, either digital or physical (poster, leaflet, blog) providing evidence-based health promotion information for a chosen individual, community, or population. 0 N/A 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Student Choice 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

Baillie, L. and Maxwell, E. (2017) Improving Healthcare: A Handbook for Practitioners. London: Routledge.

Barker, J., Linsley. P. and Kane, R. (2019) Evidence-based practice for nurses and Healthcare professionals, 4th edition. London: SAGE.

Bastable, S., Gramet, P., Jacobs, K. and Sopczyk, D. (2021) Health Professional as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning. 2nd edition. Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett.

Ghaye, T. and Lillyman, S. (2010) Reflection: principles and practices for healthcare. 2nd edition. London: Mark Allen.

Gottwald, M. and Lansdown, G. (2021) Clinical Governance: improving the Quality of Helathcare for Patients and Service Users. 2nd edition. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

Johns, C. (2022) Becoming a reflective practitioner. 6th edition. Hoboken: Wiley.

Public Health England (2019) Driving forward social prescribing. Available at: https://www.rsph.org.uk/static/uploaded/c4dceeb6-4ced-4bfa-9ec8a9780172fd4d.pdf
(Accessed 16 March 2022)

Public Health England (2019) Public Health Strategic Framework. Available at: http://www.ahpf.org.uk/files/UK%20AHP%20Public%20Health%20Strategic%20Framework %202019-2024.pdf. (Accessed 16 March 2022)

Welsh Government (2020) Allied Health Professions Framework for Wales. https://gov.wales./allied-health-professions-ahp-framework (Accessed 16 March 2022)

Welsh Government (2019) A Healthier Wales: our Plan for Health and Social Care. https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2019-10/a-healthier-wales-action-plan.pdf (Accessed 16 March 2022)