Alan Mount

Alan Mount is a Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University affiliated with the AHP and Dental Practice/SIM unit. With extensive experience as both practitioner and educator in peri-operative care, he holds multiple leadership positions: Course Director for the Operating Department Practice Apprenticeship Degree, ODP Designated Safeguarding Officer, and ODP Recruitment Lead.

His responsibilities include establishing course communication frameworks, ensuring curriculum alignment, overseeing safeguarding protocols under Prevent duty, and leading student recruitment initiatives. Mount regularly represents the program at university events including open days and SAPHP recruitment meetings.

His research focuses on advancing peri-operative practice methodologies and health education frameworks within operating department contexts. Current priorities include optimizing clinical training pathways and developing safeguarding protocols for healthcare apprenticeships.