Training and Resources
Welcome to your personal portal to a wide range of practice education resources. Use this page to fast track your way to our various resource kits, fact sheets, publications, checklists and more. There is something for everyone in here, and we encourage you to take the time to have a look at what's on offer.
Download our current training calendar here as offered by the range of university programs.
For Service ProvidersÂ
In this section we provide you with links to helpful 'go-to' resources. These resources will help with planning for and running a successful student placement.
How to create a practice education opportunity
Find out what you need to do to create a practice education opportunity for your workplace and a student. Many factors require consideration about whether you are ready to provide a quality practice education opportunity in addition to identifying the best fit student for your workplace.
Pre-placement planning and checklists
Here you will find ideas and proformas for planning for student. Setting up practice education experiences provides the foundation for expectations and planning.
Here you will find ideas and proformas for planning for student. Setting up practice education experiences provides the foundation for expectations and planning.
Professional boundaries and ethical practice
Professional boundaries and ethical practice are important skills for students to learn and develop, Here you will find ways to support the student.
For Students
How can I prepare for practice placement in a mental health setting?
When preparing for a student placement in a mental health setting, the principles of placement planning apply. In the mental health setting, there are several resources that can be provided to students prior to their placement to assist them to understand the mental health practice context, their particular work area or skills required. This facilitates the student’s transition to placement.
What is practice education in aged care?
Aged care is the support provided to older people in their own home or in an aged care (nursing) home. It can include assistance with everyday living, health care, accommodation, or equipment (Australian Government, 2020).This broad definition encompasses a variety of services and can include:
- care at home (such as Commonwealth home support program, home care packages
- short-term care (such as transition care, respite care or short-term restorative care).
- residential care in aged care homes
- care of the elderly in an acute care setting.
Services provided may target prevention, treatment, transitional and/or end of life care.
Practice education placements with first nations people- what to expect?
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is something all allied health students will probably experience regardless of their clinical education placement context.
How are rural and remote placements unique?
A placement in a rural and remote setting provides an opportunity for the student to develop self-reliance, autonomy, clinical initiative, flexibility and time management skills.
How Clinical reflection do I enhance my reflection on and in practice?
Reflective practice integrates new experiences with previous knowledge and develops self awareness. Reflective practice is a key skill for the student to learn and the student supervisor to facilitate.
How can I demonstrate clinical reasoning on placement?
Clinical decision making and clinical reasoning are terms often used interchangeably in the literature and in health care environments. While clinical reasoning refers to the overall process of thinking during clinical practice, clinical decision making emphasises the outputs or decisions from the process of thinking (Higgs & Jensen, 2019).
Resources kindly provided by: ClinEdAus (www.clinedaus.org.au)