PLACEMENT REQUEST FORM 2015– 2016

Therapist:
Clinic Address
Phone No / Best time to contact:
e-mail:

Case load mainly Comments re caseload / service agency

Adult
Child

Many thanks for your involvement in the practice education programme of our students. The students and staff of the department appreciate the wide range of learning opportunities providedby therapists and clients which enable students to link theory to practice during the undergraduate programme. Please indicate the number of placements you are in a position to provide during the coming academic year. Indicate suitable dates within time frames for JS/SS blocks.

Number of students / SLT practice educator/ if different from above
Senior Sophister
SS Placement 3.1
One day induction in the week of 21stof September followed by 9 Mondays or Fridays until 27thof November.
SS Placement 3.2 (30 day block *)
Please indicate dates between 1st of February and 8th of April 2016.
Induction day Second week of January
From...... To......
Junior Sophister
JS Placement 2.1 Weekly clinicInduction day 24th of September
Thursdays from 8thof Oct. to 11th of February
(10-12 clinic days Break 17th Dec-to 21stJan)
JS Placement 2.2 (30 day block*)
Induction day 7thof April followed by 30 day block between 16th of May and 1st of July, 2016.
From …….. To …………
Senior Freshman
SF Placement 1.2 Weekly clinic Mondaysbetween 18thof Jan and 4th of April (10-12 clinic days)

(*all block placements comprise 4 clinic days and 1 research day per week)

Resource for Practice educators

Please check the department website for details of courses and workshops.

The Health & Social Care Professions Education & Development unit of the HSE has supported the development of on line resources for practice educators. To access the modules go to and then to Health & Social Care Professionals Hub. Open hub and select Practice Education. The hub also has information on current developments in practice education. There is also a short course on ‘Clinical Supervision’ available on Futurelearn

Roinn an Staidéir Chliniciúil ar Urlabhra agus Teanga,
Scoil na nEolaíochtaí Teangeolaíochta, Urlabhra agus Cumarsáide,
Coláiste na Tríonóide,
Baile Átha Cliath 2, Éire
01-8961336 / Clinical Speech and Language Studies,
School of Linguistic, Speech & Communication Sciences,
Trinity College,
Dublin 2, Ireland

Clinical placements 2015-16

Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4
September-December On site / Clinical practice 2.1 / Clinical practice 3.1
Clinical briefing and on site workshops to develop knowledge of standard assessment formats and skills in administering, recording, analyzing and scoring routine clinical assessment procedures.
Specific workshops focused on the assessment of hearing, FEDS, fluency, language speech and voice.
Students are required to develop their own informal assessment pack during the term. / September 24th Induction day
Thursdays from 8th of Oct. to 11th of February
This placement comprises 10-12 one day per week clinics on Thursdays. Students are expected to spend at least 2.5 hours in direct client focused clinical work with the remainder of the day being devoted to learning from other aspects of SLT caseload and service work e.g. administration, EBP research, developing materials, etc. Student learning is evaluated by continuous assessment and a clinical examination
Christmas Vacation
(between Dec. 17th and Jan.21st) / September Week of 21st- -Nov. 30th
21.9.2015Monday morning -Briefing in college
Tues – Fri. One day induction followed by one day per week (Mon or Friday) for 8 weeks.Students are expected to have developed knowledge of the principles underlying the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of communication and of feeding, eating, drinking and swallowing. They should be able to take responsibility for a mini caseload and should be moving towards independence in assessment, intervention planning, therapy implementation and evaluation.
Student learning is evaluated by continuous assessment in the placement and a college based case presentation.
2016
Clinical practice 1.2 / Clinical practice 2.1 / Clinical practice 3.2
December 8th Induction day
January 18th-April4th
(10-12 days)
Students attend clinics one day a week (Monday) to develop general clinical skills and specific competencies in the use of clinical assessments. At the start of the placement students should be able to administer, record and score a range of formal and informal assessments, to identify typical and atypical communication and swallowing profiles. Knowledge and skills in assessment should progress towards clinical competency in sampling, recording and evaluating behaviours as the placement progresses. Student learning is evaluated by continuous assessment, a written case report and a case presentation. / continues until 11th of February
Clinical workshops on site
Clinical briefing and on site workshops to develop knowledge of widely used intervention approaches and therapy techniques. Specific workshops focused on intervention and case management with clients who present with difficulties in FEDS, fluency, language, speech and voice. Students are also encouraged to fill in gaps in their practice knowledge using interactive IT based programmes. / February 1st- April 8th
(24 clinic & 6 research days)
This placement provides students with opportunities to strengthen and generalize core clinical competencies across a range of client groups and service settings. Students are expected to be responsible for a small caseload during the placement and should be showing independence in assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating therapy. They should be able to work independently with regular consultation with the practice educator. Student learning is evaluated by continuous assessment and a clinical examination
Clinical Practice Block 2.2
Induction day 7th of April 30 day block between 16th of May and 1st of July, 2016(24 clinic & 6 research days).During this placement students should be integrating knowledge acquired during the academic year and clinical competencies developed in previous placements to generalize competencies to a wider range of client and disorders groupings. They should be able to work with a small caseload under the guidance of practice educators. The research days are focused on establishing evidence based approaches to assessment, therapy, clinical pathways, and service delivery options for the client group with whom they are working

Clinical Speech and Language Studies

Placement Calendar 2015-16

September
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
27 / 28 / 29 / 30
/ October
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24
25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
/ November
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
29 / 30
/ December
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
SF 1.1 Workshops
JS 2.1 Induction
SS 3.1 Induction day +9 Mondays / SF 1.1 Workshops
JS 2.1 Thursdays
SS 3.1 Mondays / SF 1.1 Workshops
JS 2.1 Thursdays
IPL 26th 27th
SS 3.1 Mondays / SF 1.2 Induction day
SF 1.1 Workshops
JS 2.1 Thursdays
2016
January
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2
3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
31
/ February
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
28 / 29
/ March
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
/ April
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2
3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
SF 1.2 Mondays
JS 2.1 Thursdays
SS 3.2 30 day / SF 1.2 Mondays
SS 3.2 30 day / SF 1.2 Mondays
SS 3.2 30 day
Easter 25-27 / SF 1.2 Mondays
JS 2.2 induction day
May
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
29 / 30 / 31
/ June
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
/ July
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2
3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
31
/ August
S / M / T / W / T / F / S
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
28 / 29 / 30 / 31
JS 2.2 30 days / JS 2.2 30 days

Senior Freshman (SF Year 2) Junior Sophister (JS Year 3)Senior Sophister (SS Year 4)

Continuing Professional Development Clinical education

All therapists involved in clinical education are invited to attend the

Annual Clinical Educators Meeting

Wednesday 23rd, of September 2015

Venue: Room 103-4, Trinity College,7-9 South Leinster Street, Dublin 2

Time 2.00 –4.30

(Tea / Coffee and snack available from 1.30)

Topic: Revised Student Clinical Competency Evaluation

The annual clinical educator meeting provides an opportunity for therapists and educators to share their experiences of problems encountered and solutions found during practice placements. The meeting provides a forum for a review of placement education and for explorations of possible changes in learning objectives, placement types and timings. The focus this year the revised Student Clinical Competency Evaluation forms.

Continuing Professional Development Clinical education

The Department supports the continuing professional education of those who are involved in the clinical education programme by the provision of regular workshops and educational programmes. Details of these are updated regularly on our webpage The courses on the following pages have been arranged for 2015-16.

Introduction to Clinical Education

Dates 22nd and 23rd of September, 2015

Venue: 103-4, Trinity College, 7-9 South Leinster Street, Dublin 2

This course is for therapists new to the role of practice educator and for those who would like to refresh their knowledge of the education programme, the learning needs of students and the assessment of student learning. It aims to provide therapists with knowledge of the undergraduate education programme provided by Trinity College and to provide them with knowledge and skills that will enable them to facilitate student learning during clinical placements.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course therapists should

  • Be familiar with the content and structure of undergraduate education of the Dept. of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College
  • Be aware of the general student learning objectives throughout the programme
  • Be familiar with the learning goals, structure and timing of clinical placements
  • Be familiar with the roles and responsibilities of College, students and practice educators and the Guidelines for Good Practice in Practice Education (Therapy Project Office May, 2008).
  • Be able to plan, implement and facilitate student learning in their clinical settings
  • Apply principles of learning and feedback as appropriate to students as adult learners
  • be familiar with the assessment schedule and with the application of the competencies frame work to formative and summative evaluation of performance in the clinical setting

Outline programme (Provisional)

Tuesday 22nd of September, 2015

9.45 Overview of undergraduate education programme

11.00 Overview of the clinical education programme

11.45 Practice education – roles and responsibilities

2.00 Placement practicalities and possibilities

Placement pathways

Schedules and learning objectives

Induction packs

Health and safety

Fitness to practice

Wednesday 23rd September, 2015

9.30 Evaluating clinical competencies

Placement practicalities and possibilities

Student assessments and clinical examinations

Formative assessments

Giving and receiving feedback

2.00General meetingRevised Student Clinical Competency Evaluation

Educators, Supervisors, Mentors and Gatekeepers

22nd of January, 2016 (1.30-4.30pm)

(Tea / Coffee and snacks available from 1.30)

Venue Room 103-4, 7-9 South Leinster Street Trinity College, Dublin 2

This workshop is for practice educators involved in fostering and examining the development of clinical competencies in final year students. It begins with an informal lunch to allow therapists to meet the mentors / examiners who will be supporting the students assigned to their clinics. The workshop focuses on the competencies to be developed during the final placement and provides opportunities for discussion on assessment formats and examination procedures.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the workshop practice educators should be

  • familiar with the structure of the SS final placement
  • aware of the learning objectives set for the assigned research days
  • aware of the structure and contents of the clinical examination
  • familiar with Level 3 of the National Student Clinical Competency Evaluation Forms

Off site workshops

Topic: Revised National Student Clinical Competency Evaluation Forms

Introductory workshop

The practice education coordinator will visit therapy departments on request to provide training and support for practice educators in the use of the Revised Student Clinical Competency Evaluation forms. The workshop takes 1.5 – 2 hours and introduces therapists to the competencies rated, the rating indicators and use of the forms for formative and summative feedback structure.

/ Continuing Professional Development
Clinical education
Application form / 7-9 South Leinster St.,
TRINITY COLLEGE
DUBLIN 2, IRELAND
Name
Clinic Address
Phone No / Best time to contact:
Fax No / e-mail

Please indicate meetings / courses you hope to attend and return by 30.8.15.

Hope to attend
Clinical Educators meeting / Wednesday 23rd , of September 2015
Introduction to Clinical Education / 22nd & 23rd of September 2015
Educators, Supervisors, Mentors and Gatekeepers
(Workshop for SS 3.2 practice educators) / 22nd of Jan. 2016

The department arranges regular continuing professional education opportunities for therapists and welcomes suggestions for topics. The courses are organised in response to suggestions from the profession which may be made by contacting any member of staff. Therapists are also invited to present at these seminars. Seminars can only take place if a minimum of 12 people apply.

Suggestions for Courses and Workshops