Placement Attendance: Students are required to attend all days of placement during the allocated block, as well as pre-placement briefing and post placement briefing classes.  Attendance is mandatory as the hours contribute to the 1000 hours of clinical placement.  It is the expectation that students will attend in person / face to face for the placement during the allocated block, as well as pre-placement briefing and post placement briefing classes, unless otherwise indicated.  Students should follow special consideration procedures if they are unable to attend mandatory / compulsory classes for placement.

Letter of Introduction: Students are required to contact their placement site with a letter of introduction using the template provided, and a covering email. Students are required to have a peer from their learning team audit the letter using the checklist provided prior to sending.  The letter is to be submitted on Canvas.

Activity Summary Form: Students must maintain a summary of their placement activities in Sonia.  This includes contact details of clinical educator / supervisor, types of experiences and timesheets.  This should accurately reflect all fieldwork attendance activities as per attendance requirements and guidelines and submitted by the due date. Attendance records may be taken, and audits and verifications of hours entered in timesheets will be conducted. Falsely declaring information on attendance records or timesheets is unprofessional behaviour and may represent serious misconduct. Students are to declare on Canvas that they have met the required hours for the unit.

Student Practice Evaluation Form – Revised (2nd edition): Using the SPEF-R2, students and educators will each evaluate students’ demonstration of professional skills, knowledge, and attributes during their clinical placement. This is completed midway through placement and at the end.  Students are required to submit the midway and final SPEF-R2 (completed by their educator) to Canvas in the appropriate assignment boxes for academics to review. 

Learning Plan: Students are required to complete a learning plan (using a template) with two goals, following feedback from their mid-way SPEF-R2 evaluation.  This plan needs to be implemented, signed off by the placement supervisor and submitted to Canvas.

Clinical Placement Reflection: Student are required to submit a 750-word reflective task on the strategies they have developed on this placement to become a lifelong learner. It will be based on their learning plan and feedback from the SPEF-R2. This will be submitted to Canvas.