Patient Handling Training - NMW Students - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

What is Patient Handling Training?

From Semester 1 2024, all first year Nursing and Midwifery students will be required to complete mandatory Patient Handling Training prior to commencing placements. There are 2 components to completing the training - attending an in-person Patient Handling Session, and completing 2 e-learning modules.

Students will receive an email from the Nursing and Midwifery Practice Education Team with details about their patient handling sessions and attendance details. This email will be sent incrementally towards the end of January. The 2hr sessions will be held in O-Week and will be at The Whitty Building at The Mater between 8am and 5pm. Students who are unable to attend their session will need to self-source their patient handling competency prior to attending clinical placement

Please see below the instructions on completing the e-learning modules.

How to complete the modules

Step 1:

(if you don’t have an iLearn account yet, you can register for an iLearn account here). Under ‘Account types’, please select Student on clinical placement.

Please enter the details below as per the image when you register for an iLearn account:

Supervisor's Name: Rajna Barry

Supervisor's Contact: 07 3346 1153

Image of iLearn registration page

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If you are having technical difficulties with your iLearn login please contact the Queensland Health iLearn help desk on 1800 198 175 or refer to the iLearn user help for students.

Step 2:

Complete the following mandatory training modules and assessments:

Prevention and Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) - There is one module with the assessment included.
(DoH Corp-C) Patient Handling Fundamentals - There are two modules:
- Patient Handling Fundamentals - Module 1: Risk Management
- Queensland Health Healthcare Ergonomics individual patient handling, assessment and planning module 2
- The assessment that you must complete is - PHF Completion Modules 1 & 2 Quiz

Step 3:

Download the Certificates of completion for both assessments as per the examples shown below:

How to submit your evidence

Step 1:

Access InPlace and open the My Details submissions page. Locate the section titled "Patient Handling - Practical and Online Learning Requirements". There are 3 attributes - the first is for the practical workshop, UQ staff will upload date of completion on your behalf once the workshop has been completed.

Step 2:

Upload your certificate for Patient Handling Fundamentals to the second attribute as shown below, by the due date:

Step 3:

Upload your certificate for Prevention and Management of MSK Disorders to the third attribute as shown below, by the due date:

UQ will then verify your certificates.