PLACEMENT SUPERVISOR’S CHECKLIST PRE-PLACEMENT
Pre-placement knowledge and preparation
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HAVE YOU:
 Received information from the university placement
coordinator about:
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Student’s name and contact details
Placement dates
Special circumstances or considerations eg family
commitments, medical condition. (Student will have
given permission for university to disclose, but remains
confidential)
Student’s academic attainment
Placement Handbook (available on placement website)
Dates and Deadlines (available on placement website)
 Been contacted by the student?
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To discuss 1st day arrangements
To discuss dress /uniform requirements
To arrange for student to visit pre-placement if
appropriate
For you to advise about accommodation if appropriate
 Familiarised yourself with placement learning outcomes,
supervision requirements, assessment procedures,
individual project requirements, professional development
portfolio, Individual record of Clinical Practice (IRCP) and
all other processes? Note: there may have been changes
since last year
 Organised your own supervision and support as well as
that of your student?
 Organised cover for any annual leave you may be taking?
 Informed colleagues (and patients) that you will have a
student working with you? And briefed any colleagues that
may be involved in supervision?
 Organised the following paperwork?
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Honorary contract, DBS and OH checks if required by your
trust
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Pre-placement knowledge and preparation
HAVE YOU:
 Attended university’s supervisors’ information/training
day in last 2 years?
 Produced a Student Resource File which:
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Might expand on the university’s information given to the
student pre-placement
Will provide useful information for the student to read as
part of their induction and during placement
Is available for the student (and any staff new to
supervision) to dip into, add to, and update
and might include
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Orientation checklist
Staff lists and contact numbers
Maps of hospital and local area and leisure facilities
Examples of student and staff timetables
Detailed description of audiology services provided by
centre
Common conditions seen
Approaches to patient journeys with evidence base (ie
clinical policies and procedures)
Case histories (anonymous and confidential)
Weekly objectives
Example job descriptions for various staff bands
Forms used locally
Relevant articles
Tutorials lists of topics and local expert with contact no .so
student can arrange
Individual project lists of topics and local expert with contact
no. so student can arrange (although students are
encouraged to come up with their own ideas)
Outstation/peripheral clinic information
Reading lists
Health and Safety Policies
Risk assessment
Other relevant policies/guidelines
1st hand accounts and reflections from previous students
Last updated July 2014
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