About this book
The UQ Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) Placement Handbook is a resource that has been developed for students to provide all the information needed before and during placement.
The Handbook is organised into sections:
- About Placements: outlines the purpose and timing of placements and provides useful contact information.
- Before Your Placement: including must read policies, compliance requirements and uniform details.
- During Your Placement: including student and preceptor responsibilities, appropriate conduct while on placement as well as safety and what to do in the event of an incident.
- Course sections (for students enrolled from 2022): provides more detail of the placement structure for each course and outlines the three types of placement; residential aged care, community and hospital.
- Course sections (for students enrolled before 2022): provides more detail of the placement structure for each course.
- Rural Placements: outlines which courses are suitable for rural placement, funding for rural placements, travel and accommodation and safety.
- Hospital Specific Information: provides information on the Queensland Health compliance requirements, mask fitting and specific requirements for each of the hospitals.
- Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): including how EPAs are integrated with the program, guides for completing and making level of entrustment decisions, and all EPA templates.
- ‘How To’ Guides: provides useful guides on InPlace and ePortfolio.
How to use the Handbook
The Handbook is intended as a resource to be read by students prior to placement and can also be referenced at different points during the placement.
The information in this Handbook is presented using different multimedia, such as interactive infographics, images, and videos. We recommend that students bookmark the link to access the online version to retain the functionality of the multimedia elements. However, the Handbook can also be downloaded as a PDF if required.
Editions and Revisions
The first edition of the Handbook was published for the first placement in the program in semester 1, 2024.
Revisions
July 2024 Updates to all sections in response to student feedback
Contributors
Jo Williams
Dr Jane Lee
Dr Peter Moyle
Dr Naz Falconer
