Week 35 w/c 21/03/2022

General

Course planning 2022/23 - Please see below the organised meetings. These should now be showing on L4 and L5 timetables.

- Level 4 Friday 8th April 2022 at 2pm Meeting link: https://shu.zoom.us/j/99803118332

- Level 5 Tuesday 5th April at 2:30pm Meeting link: https://shu.zoom.us/j/91707111427

Course Leader drop in session - The next drop in is Wednesday 11th May 2022 - Please click here to book a slot.

Physio End of Year Ball - Friday 17th June 2022. Last call for for purchasing tickets is 25/03/2022. https://www.hallamstudentsunion.com/events/7009/6110/

Inspirational Teaching and support awards: Have you received outstanding support from a staff member? Why not recognise inspirational teachers, advisers and support staff in our 2022 awards? Nominations are open until midnight on Sunday 29 May. No matter how big or small please consider nominating one or more of our staff members. Click here to nominate a staff member for an inspirational teaching award

Teaching attendance - as Covid restrictions are easing we can now support students swapping to alternative sessions. Please ensure you contact the staff member taking the session or Module leader in advance as we still have to monitor room capacity.

Student Community of Practice-Our student Community of Practice has been created with SHU Allied Health Professional students at the heart of the programme. This is being led by our Student Leader Emma Wymark who is on the MSc OT programme. The focus is to bring together groups of students to collaboratively enhance their knowledge beyond their professional discipline to share learning experiences, develop new knowledge, new resources and build relationships.

Please have a look at the website for details of future events and information.

A schedule of events is being developed with your student insights in mind and as a result of your feedback on the padlet last week. These events will build upon your existing skills and enhance your professional development and identity as an AHP. The first event is next week. Please sign up via the Eventbrite link below:

Cheryl Gascoigne- Working as an AHP with a Disability: a Patient’s Perspective @29th March 7pm

Cheryl Gascoigne decided to leave her job of 15 years working as a civil servant to retrain as an Occupational Therapist after finding out she had Polycystic Kidneys. During her studies she was diagnosed with dyslexia and two years after graduating she had received a kidney transplant. She is a passionate and dedicated therapist and also the chair person for the Disability Staff Network within her trust. Tune in at 7pm to hear Cheryl's experience of working with a disability alongside how the integration of AHPs could have helped during her Transplant. You can find her on twitter @GascoigneCheryl

Event Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/305537299287

Next session: Laura AHP Q&A Session

On the 7th April at 7pm we will be hosting a Q&A session with Laura! She is a practicing OT and wheelchair user with interests in building accessibility and home adaptions. You can follow her on twitter @Laura__OT.

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

Next group rep meeting date: TBA

Whole year meeting to discuss some course changes for next year: Friday 8th April 2-3pm, this is online and on your online calendar.

Important Practice Experience Clearance - Please check emails regularly and ensure that you respond to all communications from Professional Services and Occupational Health in a timely manner. It is your responsibility to complete all tasks before your Practice experience eg. immunisations, DBS checks etc. This is for your safety and the safety of service users, therefore failure to do so will exclude you from any patient facing activities. There are no exceptions to this. If you are not cleared you will not go out into practice. Please contact Professional Services directly if you have any questions (HWLS Professional Issues HWBProfessionalIssues-mb@exchange.shu.ac.uk)

Modules: Neuro continues, PPD final session next week with assignment support.

CVR module marks released - IMR option sign up please click here.

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

Next group rep meeting date: April 2022

Participation in a survey: Thanks to those that have already completed this survey. It would be greatly appreciated if you could complete the survey if you have not done so. For details please see below. Including the link to the Survey.

You are being invited to participate in a survey exploring how of prepared you feel going on placement. This information sheet gives you further information regarding the project PIS questionnaire.docx.

Participation is completely voluntary and anonymous. The data will be used to inform the development of simulated level 4 placement and evaluate its success. It will also help us understand any areas of development for the course in terms of preparedness for placement. If you do wish to participate, please complete the questionnaire via this link. The deadline for completion is 16/3/22.

If you have any further questions please contact Karen on k.stevens@shu.ac.uk.

PP1 - We held a PP1 placement debrief this week. For those students not in attendance you will be notified of the repeat session which you must attend.

PP2 - Pre placement preparation sessions are happening next week. Please ensure you attend these. We will be taking attendance registers and any students not present will not be permitted to go out on placement. Any non attendance at placement preparation or mandatory training will be raised as part of the managing professional behaviours policy leading to fitness to practice referral.

EEP extensions: For any approved extensions for EEP, please use the designated submission link on BlackBoard. Please also bear in mind, that your work needs to be submitted to Turnitin first for originality check.

Thanks

Ahmed

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

Next group rep meeting date: TBC

National Student Survey - Physio students are leading the board in completed responses. Wahoo! Well done and thank you to all who have completed so far. 77% of you have filled this in, which is fantastic but we could still do with the last few of you completing this please.

APP2 - We hope placements are going well. Please make sure you book a convenient halfway call for you and your Practice Educator and the Practice Learning Coaches. Please book your midway call here.

Research and Innovation 2-week Placement Opportunity

A Two-Week Research and Innovation Placement Opportunity running from 16^th to the 27^th May 2022

Did you know that Research and Innovation are recognised as key employability skills?

A limited number of places are available to applicants from all subject areas across the College

A Two-Week Research and Innovation Placement Opportunity running from 16^th to the 27^th May 2022

Delivered both online via Zoom and to include two face-to-face events one on day one and the second at the end of the placement

For any health and social care students this placement will count towards your placement hours. Most importantly for all students this opportunity will provide valuable opportunity to gain skills needed to become an innovator and to develop personal skills to succeed in a future research role. The placement will provide an opportunity to:

· Work in a multi-disciplinary team with your peers from across the College,

· Gain insight into real world health and wellbeing innovations from within and outside of Sheffield Hallam,

· Gain a greater knowledge of health and wellbeing research methods, innovation concepts, and how to pitch your ideas,

· Develop self-awareness, build vision and confidence,

· Enhance your employability skills & your CV.

Eligibility

To be eligible to attend you must meet the following criteria:

· Be in the final year of your undergraduate degree programme (or final year of a postgraduate (level 7) pre-registration degree course if studying for a health or social work degree to register with a professional body ie Pre-Reg level 7 Social work students,).

· For those on health or social work courses you must have completed all your clinical competencies to date,

· You can only join this opportunity if you have completed all your expected course modules to date, i.e. if you have any trailing modules to complete you are recommended to focus on completing these trailing modules and therefore not eligible to join this extra research and innovation opportunity.

Expectations

Successful applicants are expected to attend all the virtual and face to face events that make up the Research and Innovation in Health and Wellbeing Placement. An attendance record will be kept for all sessions and a minimum attendance record of 80% is a requirement to be awarded the placement certificate of achievement. Each participant is also expected to complete three tasks as part of the placement, a 2 minute elevator pitch recorded with their allocated team, a personal research and innovation plan and a self-reflection on skills learned during the course. It is also an expectation that participants will contribute to team activities throughout the placement, support fellows participants and contribute to shared goals of the allocated group.

Interested?

To apply please complete this form and return by 5pm on the 25^th March 2022.

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