Page 2535 - Week 08 - Thursday, 5 August 2021
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2020
• 36 practice placements provided = 7995hrs of placement experience (approximately 213 weeks of placement). Two of these were project placements.
• Please Note: 9 x 8 week planned placements (81 weeks of placement experience) were cancelled due to the CHS directive to cancel all student placements due to COVID -19 concerns.
2019
• 38 clinical practice placements provided = 8923hrs of placement experience (approximately 238 weeks of placement)
In addition to ‘regular clinical’ practice placements we have implemented several strategies to increase our placement capacity for CHS. This includes ‘project placements’ whereby a senior occupational therapist who may not have a clinical caseload (manager/clinical educator) supervises students to complete a project linked to clinical practice. Furthermore, in March 2021 CHS implemented a student lead Occupational Engagement Program (OEP) on the Majura Ward at the University of Canberra Hospital. Students on the OEP placement assess the occupational needs of patients with cognitive impairment and provide support for these patients to engage in meaningful occupations/activities while on the wards. The OEP will increase our capacity to offer an additional 10 x 8-week placements per year.
CHS has one full time occupational therapy clinical educator position to coordinate and support student placements as well as support the professional development, education, and training of approximately 120 qualified occupational therapists. CHS is open to exploring opportunities and ways to increase placement numbers, should this be required.
The CHS Allied Health Clinical Education Unit and UC Occupational Therapy department have an excellent working relationship and strive to support high quality student placements and graduates for the local workforce.
Additionally, Calvary Public Hospital Bruce (CPHB) provides clinical placements for Occupational Therapy students from UC and CSU.
Most clinical placements at CPHB are 7-9 weeks in duration, with some shorter two week placements each year. The duration of placement is dependent on the university requirements and year level of the student.
The number of Occupational Therapy placements at CPHB that have been provided are as follows:
2021 (to date so far)
• 5 clinical placements* (3 UC students; 2 CSU students); 1098hrs, equivalent to 31 weeks of full-time placement
*one clinical placement currently in progress
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