The Advanced Surgical Practice (ASP) role / Surgical First Assistant Role (SFA): an analysis and critique of this emerging role and the implications for the Operating Department Practice (ODP) profession
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Module 6004: Advanced Surgery
The Advanced Surgical Practice (ASP) role / Surgical First Assistant Role (SFA): an analysis and critique of this emerging role and the implications for the Operating Department Practice (ODP) profession.
Introduction (approx. 150 WORDS)
State the aim of the essay / reflection
State the objectives (suggest 4 or 5) read the module learning outcomes and edit / adapt these for use here.
Also state how you will approach the analysis and critique of this assignment question?
Background:
What is the rationale to have ODPs undertaking advanced surgical practice?
How and why this was introduced (read CODP BSc curriculum / read other literature on advanced surgical role)
Is there any published data on numbers undertaking the advanced role?
What range of clinicians can undertake the role?
What are the views of other professionals in relation to advanced surgical role?
What are the views of HEE / DoH / Professional and regulatory bodies in relation to future practice / changing roles?
Exploration, analysis and critique of the evidence
Use this section to be:
Analytical of your emerging ASP role and workforce changes?
Analytical of changes to how health care will be provided in the future (scientific developments, surgical developments)
How it was intended to be
How it has been implemented
What are the emergent themes from this?
Analyse and critique these / explore current literature & evidence related to these.
Give examples or application to practice to support what you write about
Note: this section MUST be rich in relation to use of references, other literature / evidence.
Conclusion (approx. 100- 200 WORDS)
Restate you aim / objectives (refer back to your introduction).
Have you achieved them? If so how? If not what will you do about it?
What have you learned from this essay / assignment and how will this now inform you?
How will it affect your approach to practice?
References
Use the Harvard system
Each reference in alphabetical order (according to the first authors’ family name)
Individual reference can be single line spaced with double line spacing between each reference.
