Queensland Health pre-placement requirements

What is required if I have a placement in a Queensland Health facility?

All students placed in a Queensland Health facility, regardless of discipline, will need to complete the following and provide evidence of completion before placement commencement:

Part A

1. Queensland Health Orientation Program

2. Queensland Health Orientation Checklist

3. Student Deed Poll

You will not be able to commence your placement until all of these items are completed.

Furthermore, if you are enrolled in an allied health discipline, in addition to the items in Part A above, you will also need to complete the following and provide evidence of completion before your placement commences:

Part B

4. Evidence Record of Allied Health Student Training

What do I need to do?

Find your discipline in the table below to determine whether you only need to complete Part A or whether you need to complete Part A and Part B. Then proceed to the Part A and Part B information under this table.

Discipline	Need to complete Part A (all students)	Also need to complete Part B (allied health only)
Audiology	Yes	Yes
Clinical Exercise Physiology	Yes	Yes
Counselling	Yes	No
Dentistry	Yes	No
Exercise & Sports Science	Yes	Yes
Nursing & Midwifery	Yes	No
Nutrition & Dietetics	Yes	Yes
Occupational Therapy	Yes	Yes
Pharmacy	Yes	Yes
Physiotherapy	Yes	Yes
Psychology	Yes	Yes
Social Work	Yes	Yes
Speech Pathology	Yes	Yes

Part A – for all students placed in a Queensland Health facility

Application time: It can take up to 3 days for your iLearn account to be activated. The mandatory training modules take at least 2 hours to complete.

Cost: $0

Step 1:

(if you don’t have an iLearn account yet, you can register for an iLearn account here).

When you register for an iLearn account you will be asked to nominate a UQ supervisor. If you are not sure who your UQ Supervisor is, you can list the following staff member's details: Paige Campbell, phone 334 61166.

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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 all of the following mandatory training modules

What	How	When
First-response evacuation instructions	iLearn module	Before your first Qld Health placement. Annual refresher required prior to subsequent placements.
Building-specific emergency procedures OR General evacuation procedures	iLearn emergency procedures modules are available for many Qld Health facilities If there is no iLearn module available for your allocated facility you will need to complete a general evacuation procedures module when you commence your placement	Before your first Qld Health placement (unless there is no iLearn module available for your allocated facility). Annual refresher required prior to subsequent placements. Must be completed for every facility/location that you are attending.
Code of Conduct	iLearn module	Before your first Qld Health placement. Annual refresher required prior to subsequent placements.
Prevention and management of musculoskeletal disorders	iLearn module	Before your first Qld Health placement. This is a once-only requirement and does not expire.
Work health, safety and wellbeing	iLearn module	Before your first Qld Health placement. This is a once-only requirement and does not expire.

The modules listed above are the MINIMUM modules required to undertake clinical placements in a Queensland Health facility. Some Hospital and Health Services may require you to complete additional modules that are site or profession specific.

Step 3:

Download and keep a copy of your iLearn module certificates of completion. Even though you aren’t required to submit copies of these to UQ, you must keep a copy of these certificates because you will need to provide them to your Queensland Health supervisor upon request.

Step 4:

Familiarise yourself with all of the Queensland Health policies and guidelines listed under ‘Part 2’ at the bottom of this webpage.

Step 5:

Complete the Queensland Health Student Orientation Checklist as evidence of your completion of the orientation program. You must keep a copy of this completed checklist. You will need to provide it to your Queensland Health supervisor upon request and UQ also requires you to upload a copy of it to InPlace.

Example of a completed Student Orientation Checklist:

Step 6:

Sign this Queensland Health Student Deed. You must keep a copy of this completed Student Deed Poll. You will need to provide it to your Queensland Health supervisor upon request and UQ also requires you to upload a copy of it to InPlace.

Step 7:

Upload the following documents to InPlace as evidence of completion:

Completed Queensland Health Orientation Checklist
Signed Student Deed Poll

Part B – Evidence record of allied health student training

Application time: It can take up to 3 days for your iLearn account to be approved before you can commence this task.

Cost: $0

All allied health students are required to complete the training modules listed in Part A above and the additional modules listed below, regardless of year level, length of placement or extent of contact with patients. You will need to record completion of these modules on the Evidence record for allied health student training