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What You Need to Know and Do Before Placement

Before commencing your placement, you are responsible for ensuring that you have read, understood, and completed all required pre-placement activities.

Review the following documents and information carefully:

• Electronic Course Profile (ECP) – outlines course requirements, assessment tasks, and key submission dates.
• Student Code of Conduct and the Work Integrated Learning and Work Experience Policy – including your responsibilities regarding professional behaviour, confidentiality, and conduct while on placement.
• The Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences “Prepare for Your Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) Placement“ information page – ensure all pre-placement requirements are completed by the published deadlines.

Important: Students who do not meet all pre-placement requirements by the required deadlines will not be permitted to attend placement.

Year-Specific Placement Requirements

Third Year – Hospital Placements

Students undertaking hospital placements must:

• Attend the mandatory Pre-placement Hospital Workshop held in Weeks 1–2 of the semester in which the placement is scheduled.
• Review the placement information provided in the relevant course (PHRM3101 or PHRM3102) for additional requirements and instructions.

Fourth Year – Self-Sourced Community Pharmacy Placements

Students arranging their own community pharmacy placement must:

• Visit the pharmacy in person to request a placement opportunity. Placement requests should not be made by telephone.

Submit the approved placement site and preceptor details through InPlace as soon as arrangements have been confirmed.

General Placement Rules

The following rules apply to all pharmacy placements:

• Placements are a required component of your studies and must not be undertaken as paid employment.
• You cannot complete a placement at your regular place of employment.
• You may only undertake one placement at a particular community pharmacy or hospital site during your program.
• Students must not be supervised by a relative, nor undertake placement at a site that is owned, managed, or operated by a relative.
• Community pharmacy placements must be completed within Australia.
• Students are expected to comply with the University’s dress code requirements and maintain professional standards of behaviour at all times while on placement.
• Do not commence placement until it has been approved by the School and confirmed through InPlace. The School is responsible for arranging any required Placement Agreements.
• Contact your preceptor at least two weeks before the commencement of placement to confirm attendance arrangements, discuss expectations, and clarify your placement schedule. For hospital placements, the preceptor may contact you directly instead.

Important: Attendance at an unapproved placement may not be recognised for course or placement requirements.

Public Holidays and Alternative Hours

• If your placement falls on a public holiday, you may attend placement provided:
  • The placement site is open; and
  • Your preceptor agrees to supervise you on that day.

Please confirm attendance arrangements with your preceptor at least one week in advance.

• If the placement site is closed, or a suitable supervisor is unavailable, you are not required to attend placement on the public holiday.
• For community pharmacy placements, students wishing to make up placement hours should discuss this with their preceptor and notify their WIL Partnerships Coordinator.
• Any placement hours undertaken during university vacation periods, weekends, public holidays, or outside standard operating hours must be approved by the WIL Partnerships Coordinator before they are commenced.

Placement Accessibility

• If you need adjustments for your placement, make an appointment with UQ Student Services for a Student Access Plan (SAP).
• It is your responsibility to communicate your SAP to the WIL Placement Coordinator.
• For questions or concerns about Fitness to Practice, contact your WIL Partnerships Coordinator.