Week 21 w/c 13/12/21

General

Merry Christmas. This term feels like it flew by. We hope you are enjoying your studies but looking forward to a break. There will be no course update next week. The next one will be after we re-join from the 4th January. Please check your semester 2 timetables. Please note that the University is closed between 27th December 2021 - 4th January 2022.

Covid Vaccination status - You will have all received email information from the Dean of College Toni Swartz, regarding vaccination status and data collection which is in response to government legislation. A copy of the letter can be found here. Please ensure you read this information carefully and complete the declaration request to enable you to continue to be compliant with Occupational Health regulations in relation to health care placements.

Semester 2 timetables will be released to students on Friday 17th December. You should check your individual timetable via https://mytimetable.shu.ac.uk/schedule

COVID rules in University - Please read the below message from a recent letter sent to all Universities providing Health courses from NHS Health Education England. The original letter can be found here. We appreciate your adherence to this guidance before coming onto campus you are required to take a lateral flow test. Please try to order your lateral flow test through the government website or local pharmacy in the first instance, if you are struggling to get hold of any Hallam Help have a small supply which you can use.

''We would like to ask HEIs and all Health Students, in line with current infection prevention and control guidance for health care settings, to please wear masks when using simulated clinical examinations and practical teaching sessions and ensure a recent lateral flow test has been undertaken prior to attending the session. Bringing learners together who regularly work in varied healthcare setting across the region could exacerbate the spread of Covid-19 therefore when doing these practical sessions we ask you to support us in keeping the workforce well and Covid-19 out of healthcare settings by adherence in line with the Healthcare setting guidance.''

Course Leader drop in session - The next drop in is Wednesday 5th January 2022 - Please click here to book a slot. I am moving these sessions to be every 2 months from now on.

Level 4 - Year Lead- Claire Staniland (c.staniland@shu.ac.uk)

Next group rep meeting date: TBC

Modules:

FPP- online anytime folder has been released for you to work on in your own time. Please make sure you are working on your formative case study presentations. We will soon have semester 2 timetables to give you the date you will be presenting. After Christmas we have the CVR block running alongside CVR module.

CVR has started - please look at the learning materials for pre-sessional work and preparation.

PPD- no teaching until after Christmas

CICW- no teaching until after Christmas

Level 5 - Year Lead Ahmed Hassan (a.hassan@shu.ac.uk)

Next group rep meeting date: TBC

Placement - Please keep an eye on your emails over the holidays in case placement providers get in touch with additional details or changes.

Physiotherapy Clinical Management - this starts on the 4th January. Please keep an eye on the blackboard site.

Level 6 - Year Lead Peter Hanley (p.hanley@shu.ac.uk)

Next group rep meeting date: TBC

Placement - Thanks for submitting all the placement feedback forms. However, very few students have complete the evaluations on PARE for APP1 (Yorks & Humber placements) Details below. The deadline is 17^th December. Please remember it is your professional responsibility to provide feedback on placements , so we can ensure quality experiences for all. Failure to do this reflects badly on you and the SHU physio team (remember you may be applying for a job there next year)

Thank you for using PARE to evaluate your recent placement – you will need to self-assign to your placement area in order to do so.

There may be problems if you have not used your PARE account for a while and have forgotten to use the external format of your SHU email address (name.surname@student.shu.ac.uk).

You can reset your password quickly once you have got to that stage.

More details on the APP BB site under Learning Materials