Operating Department Practice

An Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) provides a professional service within the multidisciplinary environment of a hospital’s operating department. Our Operating Department Practice BSc has been designed in the belief that the integration of academic and work-based learning in the operating theatre environment is the best way to develop students that are well equipped to meet the needs of future employers.

Operating Department Practice is part of the School of Healthcare.

The University’s research is ranked 30 in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework 2021, according to analysis by Times Higher Education.