Before Placement
As a clinical educator, we understand that your time is valuable. Listed below are some key steps to ensure both you and your student are prepared before the commencement of the placement.
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Arrange timeline of the placement
Having a clear timeline of what your student will experience during their placement with you enables everyone to focus on the goals of building clinical skills through experience. Consider summarising the types of clinical encounters, workflow timelines and break times.
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Discuss student responsibilities
Students work with many clinical educators and benefit from their different perspectives on clinical practice. Consider what your key points are regarding student responsibilities whilst on placement and discuss them at the start of placement.
How to provide remote placements
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How to provide remote placements
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on us all in many ways. One of these impacts has been the dramatic loss of clinical placement opportunities for current Audiology students nationwide. One way to combat this is via the use of remote (video conferencing) placements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Remote placements versus teleaudiology FAQ's
Academic progression timeline
This timeline provides an overview of academic progression of our students during their Master of Clinical Audiology.
- Semester 1 Year 1
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- Rehabilitation theory - Hearing aid basics, impression taking, and introduction to hearing aid verification
- Diagnostic theory - basic adult and pediatric testing
- Jun - Jul Year 1
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Winter Break
- Semester 2 Year 1
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- Rehabilitation theory - Basics of hearing assistive technology, introduction to hearing needs discussion, and hearing aid software adjustments
- Diagnostic theory - application and extension of adult and paediatric theory and vestibular testing
- Nov - Feb Year 1-2
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Summer non-teaching period
- Semester 1 Year 2
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- Rehabilitation theory - Advanced hearing aid verification and understanding impacts of dual sensory loss
- Diagnostic theory - application of adult, paediatric, vestibular diagnostic theory
- Jun - Jul Year 2
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Winter break
- Semester 2 Year 2
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- Rehabilitation theory - Advanced troubleshooting and tinnitus management
- Diagnostic theory - cochlear implant theory
- Graduation Year 2
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Entry to practice
Need Help?
| For Placement queries: Cindy Haidar Clinical Placements officer e: aud-clinplacements@unimelb.edu.au | For Academic queries: Dani Tomlin Associate Professor e: dtomlin@unimelb.edu.au |
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