Queensland Health

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Queensland Health Student Health Professional
Orientation Overview
The student health professionals website for
Queensland Health clinical and fieldwork
placements
www.health.qld.gov.au/SOP/default.asp
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Purpose of the website

• To allow student health professionals to
  familiarise themselves with Queensland Health
  prior to clinical placement or fieldwork
• To standardise the orientation provided to
  students placed across the state
• To minimise time spent by clinicians orientating
  students

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Who should view the site?
It is a requirement of Queensland Health that all
students who have a clinical or fieldwork
placement review this site
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What is on the website?

• ESSENTIALS
• The Essentials Placement Requirements
• The Student Placement Checklist
• EXTRAS
• Queensland Health information, including links to
  hospitals health districts, rural links and
  employee benefits
• Information to assist students planning placements

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Essential Placement Requirements

• The section of the website that must be covered
  prior to placement
• To demonstrate this, the Student Orientation
  Checklist must be printed off the website,
  signed and presented to the university or TAFE
  fieldwork/student placement co-ordinator
• Topics each should take about 15 minutes to
  review
• Professionalism
• Confidentiality, privacy, documentation
• Workplace Health Safety
• Cultural Diversity
• Immunisation Infection Control
• Code of Conduct

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Professionalism

• This section covers
• Professional Behaviour
• Professional Appearance
• Use of Vehicles
• Home Visits

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Code of Conduct

• This section covers
• What is the Code of Conduct?
• Who does the Code apply to?
• Principles of Ethical Behaviour

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Confidentiality, privacy, documentation

• This section covers
• Confidentiality requirements, including a quiz to
  test your knowledge
• Privacy guidelines
• Documentation requirements

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Workplace Health Safety

• This section contains information on
• Fire safety
• First aid
• Manual handling
• Workplace Violence
• Incident reporting

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Immunisation Infection Control

• This section includes information on
• Standard Precautions
• Hepatitis B Immunisation Guidelines (Essential
  requirement before attending placement)
• Non Responders
• Occupational Exposure
• Other recommended vaccinations

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Cultural Diversity

• This section contains information on
• Our multicultural patient group
• Use of language/ interpreter services
• Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Health Issues

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Website links

• The Essential Placement Requirements pages
  contain links to external websites
• Provided for those interested in more information
  on any of the topics
• These extra sections do not have to be reviewed,
  are not included in the time recommended and do
  not have to be recorded on the checklist

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Procedure for additional placements

• If students have more than one placement at
  Queensland Health in a year
• Check the Updates section on the homepage.
• Changes to the website content will be
  highlighted and dated here
• If students have a placement during a following
  year at Queensland Health
• Revision of the website content is required
• Another checklist does not need to be completed
  or collected unless it has been updated since you
  completed your original checklist

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Evaluation

• If you would like to be involved in feedback or
  reviewing of this site, please email
• student_deed_at_health.qld.gov.au
• for more information