Core Topics in Operating Department Practice

Brian Smith is Senior Lecturer and Senior Solstice Fellow, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk, UK. Paul J. Rawling is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk, UK. Paul Wicker is Head of Perioperative Studies, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk, UK. Chris Jones is Senior Lecturer in Continuing Professional Development and Solstice Fellow, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk, UK.

• Preface; 1. Managing perioperative education Brian Smith; 2. Elements of perioperative management Paul Wicker; 3. Action learning: a new way of problem solving in perioperative settings Anne Jones and Trish Prescott; 4. Agenda for change: what do theatre staff need to know? Joy O'Neill; 5. The SWOT analysis – its place in strategic planning in a modern operating department Julie Smith; 6. Corporate governance: setting the scene for theatre practice? Claire Campbell; 7. Managing different cultures, adversity and diversity in the perioperative environment Rita J. Hehir; 8. Leadership in perioperative settings – a practical guide Ian Cumming; 9. Management and leadership of advanced practice Judith Roberts; 10. Managing conflict in perioperative settings Jean Hinton; 11. The management and organisation of emergency operating lists Lee Bennett; 12. Organisational culture in health care contexts Charlotte Moen; 13. Performance development in the NHS: a perioperative approach to the KSF Lorraine Thomas; 14. Equipment procurement: a purchaser's guide for theatre managers Peter Norman; 15. The reflective practitioner in perioperative settings Anne Jones; 16. Improving quality within the perioperative environment Paul Rawling; 17. Damned if you do and damned if you don't: whistle blowing in perioperative practice Chris Jones; 18. A manager's experience of recruitment and retention Jill Mackeen; Index.