Physiotherapy – Virtual Placement – UWE – June 2023
Welcome to your virtual placement with Health Academy. We hope you enjoy the placement, all the information about the structure of the placement will be accessible via this portal.
You will need to login to this portal every day during your placement to access relevant documents and complete your student diary.
Key contacts
Throughout your placement you will have support from the Clinical Team at Health Academy. The key contacts for this placement are:
Practice Educators – Gary & Rob Coleman and Chloe Bird
Practice Supervisor & Placement Co-ordinator – Tanya Rodrigues
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Absence reporting and accessing support
During your placement, if you need to report that you will be absent, it is important that you inform the practice team at the earliest point. At the latest this should be done first thing on the day of the absence. If at any point you require any extra support, you should also contact your practice educator in the first instance. You can report your absence with reason for absence to:
Email: Clinical.Team@healthacademyonline.co.uk
Tel: 0330 133 2104
Virtual sessions with the Health Academy Team
Throughout your placement you will have virtual meetings scheduled with the Health Academy Team. These will be held on Zoom. The link below is the link that you will need to access the Zoom meetings.
Please note: When accessing a Zoom meeting for this placement, you will need to have your camera on and access to microphone in every session. This is a mandatory requirement.
How to access virtual placement details
The six week virtual placement is a structured programme that will require you to work 9am – 5pm – Monday to Friday. This will include a range of types of working, including virtual group meetings, face-to-face group sessions, one-to-one meetings, self-directed project work and clinical face-to-face sessions.
Details on each section of the placement can be found by clicking on the sections below.
Recording of placement hours
In the sections below, there is a section called ‘Student Diary’ – you will need to access this every day and complete this as guided. This in part will make up the evidence required for the practice team to confirm your hours. If this is not completed daily, your practice educator will not be able to sign off your hours
