Cadman Victoria, Nightingale Adele
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.
University of Bolton, Bolton, UK.
J Perioper Pract. 2025 Sep;35(9):392-398. doi: 10.1177/17504589251326820. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
Understanding and engaging in and with research is a professional obligation of both student and registered operating department practitioners. This study was designed to explore how research is embedded into operating department practice undergraduate pre-registration curriculum.
Data collection took place via a questionnaire sent to programme leaders at Higher Education Institutions who deliver Health and Care Professions Council-validated operating department practice programmes. Overall, 30 higher education institutions were invited to participate, with 14 higher education institutions completing the questionnaire. The data were thematically analysed.
It was identified that some aspects of research are embedded throughout operating department practice programmes, with a broad focus on research methodologies, methods and ethical considerations. The evidence supports the hypothesis that operating department practitioner students are undertaking primary and secondary research. However, there is limited evidence of dissemination. This work has identified the perceived barriers and challenges to embedding research in undergraduate programmes and the limited use of enrichment activities. This has led the authors to identify some areas worthy of further exploration and recommendations for the future.
理解并参与研究是学生和注册手术室从业者的职业义务。本研究旨在探讨研究如何融入手术室实践本科预注册课程。
通过向提供健康与护理专业委员会认可的手术室实践课程的高等教育机构的项目负责人发送问卷来收集数据。总共邀请了30所高等教育机构参与，14所高等教育机构完成了问卷。对数据进行了主题分析。
研究发现，研究的某些方面贯穿于手术室实践课程中，广泛关注研究方法、手段和伦理考量。证据支持手术室从业者学生正在进行初级和次级研究这一假设。然而，传播方面的证据有限。这项工作确定了在本科课程中融入研究的感知障碍和挑战以及丰富活动的有限使用。这促使作者确定了一些值得进一步探索的领域以及对未来的建议。
