Surgical Care Practitioner (Orthopaedic Surgery). Teesside University

The course:

• provides you with detailed and comprehensive knowledge, operative and technical skills for employment as a surgical care practitioner (SCP) in orthopaedic surgery
• develops your critical thinking and decision-making skills in order to practise autonomously within the guidelines of your role as an SCP in orthopaedic surgery
• promotes the ethos of lifelong learning and continuing professional development to function as a valued member of the extended orthopaedic surgical healthcare team
• develops your research skills to search, retrieve, evaluate critically and synthesise the current evidence base underpinning orthopaedic surgical care practice