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Student

Placement

Management

System

Faculty of Health Science

Assists in managing placements for the Faculty’s health professional students:

• Human Life Sciences

• Medicine

• Nursing & Midwifery

• Pharmacy

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Faculty of Health Science

Challenge

• Increasing student numbers

• Limited capacity for placements

• Need for data to support planning

• Types of placements

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Faculty of Health Science

In Pharmacy

• Increasing student intake

• 1 major teaching hospital

• Risk of overburdening preceptors

• Can range from 2 hours one afternoon per week, to 3 weeks - from hospitals to veterinary clinics

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Faculty of Health Science

Differences in Placements can relate to

• Placement objective

• Types of learning involved

• Size of Placement agency

• Number of students enrolled & placements required

• Length and complexity of each placement

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Faculty of Health Science

Other Key stakeholders

Staff in placement organisations

eg Hospitals (public or private)

Community Organisations

General Practice

Medical Centres

Laboratories

Pharmacies

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Faculty of Health Science

The SPMS Solution

• A new placement management and communication system

• Electronic and web-based

• Accessible to ALL stakeholders

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Faculty of Health Science

Different user levels

• System administrators

• School administrators

• Academics

• Students

• Placement organisations

Student Placement Management System

Faculty of Health Science

Your one stop placement shop!

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

https://spms.utas.edu.au

Faculty of Health Science

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

The SPMS imports information from within the university

• Student photos and contact details

• Course and unit codes and names

Both sources are from centrally managed university record systems

Faculty of Health Science

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Main Menu or Home

• Placement List

• Placement Definitions

• Placement Organisations

• Students

• Student Groups

• Provisional Students

• Users

• Administration

• Reports

Faculty of Health Science

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Placement Definition

• Applications

• Allocations

• Payments

• Swap Requests

• Change Requests

• Guidance Notes

• Notes

• Send Message

Faculty of Health Science

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Sign in using UTas user name and password

Faculty of Health Science

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Placement List

Students

Faculty of Health Science

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Placement List

• My placements

• My Applications

• Placements open for Application

•My Swap Requests

• My Change Requests

Faculty of Health Science

Student Placement Management System (SPMS)

Initiated Messages

• Date sent

• Recipients

• Action