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 About Placement Centre
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 Figure 1. The Placement Lifecycle
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Case StudySee how Cardiff University and the All Wales Practice Education Team have used Placement Centre |
FeedbackSee what people are saying about Placement Centre |
Frequently Asked QuestionsNo doubt you've a few questions so hopefully you'll find them covered here |
About inPracticeA little info about us and what we do |
“It has made group work
so much easier, especially for someone who is dyslexic and has
trouble writing down e-mail address correctly!!! Much easier
planning what you want to say and e-mailing tutors, and then you
have all the information in print so have a record of information
to refer back too. Also made staying in touch with other years and
making plans for social outings at res weekends easier - It's a
great idea!”
-Michelle Parker, Student, Cardiff
University.
“The new InPractice online application is fantastic!
And it was great to see the placement database up and running so quickly .
It’s already saving time and confusion.
It only took little while to become proficient with the software and its versatility and ease of use is a joy!
Best of all we are able to provide new levels of professionalism for our placement providers and students”
-Lorraine Kent, Adminstrator, Galway University, Ireland.
“It has the flexibility
to meet the needs of a very complex system as seen in Wales, or
where there are smaller numbers and fewer sites.”
-Tracey Polglase, Practice Education Lead, Wales
College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Department of Occupational
Therapy
“Well, I only joined up
yesterday as a clinical coordinator, and the immediate obvious
benefit to me is the overview it provides when the offers are
coming from our very large geographical patch.”
- Vanessa Townsend, Clinical educator, South
Wales
“I really enjoy keeping
close contact with colleagues and staff which is really necessary
on a course like this as most of my peers are living so far away.
The ability to work as a group from inPractice is so much easier -
distance not being an issue anymore.
Having instant replies from staff is essential and so vital.
Keeping a full record of the placements and hours is always so
handy. I use the forms produced for my placements so life is
generally easier throughout. Thanks”
-Jackie Tyler, Student, Bangor
University
“Very very impressive!”
-Cara Shapland, Practice Education Co-ordinator, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
“It has made a fab
difference to the way I work. I constantly use the internet and log
on to the database frequently, it is well set up and clear to those
who are less literate at using the computer, I find it is useful in
contacting tutors, college mates and people from other years and
colleges, Bangor etc... Well done. Give yourself and your team a
pat on the Back!!!!”
- Anna Davies, Final year student,
Wales
“What impresses me most
is the speed of response. It makes me feel better about taking
students because it could be very hard work chasing people around
by phone, leaving messages, and then not being available yourself
when they rang back. ”
- Cheryl Caldwell, OT Educator,
Aberystwyth.
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Placement Centre Case Study: The All Wales Practice Education Team |
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Department of OT Education at Cardiff University has been using
Placement Centre to manage our entire practice education process.
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Placement Centre Case Study: The All Wales Practice Education Team |
Placement Centre is used by Cardiff
University to bridge three universities that run the length and
breadth of Wales: Cardiff, Wrexham and Bangor. It's used to manage
all cohorts from three programmes and Erasmus students too.
Placement offers come in from over 500 organisations in Wales and
England, and are then used by the three departments co-operatively
- although they are able to work individually too.
As an offer is made it is entered into Placement Centre, linked to
an organisation and educator. It's then given a status within the
'placement lifecycle' which allows it to be sorted and accessed in
many ways for easy tracking and reporting.
The 'placement lifecycle' indicates the stage a placement is at
(e.g. Offer, Assigned, InProgress, Completed) and Placement Centre
can be tailored to trigger alerts to you when it changes. For
example, a student may receive an email notification to view their
placement details when staff change it from 'offer' to
'assigned'.
Placement Centre does not blindly allocate students to places like
some solutions, instead it displays the offers and supporting
information to help you place your student quickly and correctly;
with customized annotations such as 'required experience', student
learning difficulties, cars for remote locations or the need for
accommodation.
We've also encouraged students and educators to login to see their
placement details, they can update their C.P.D. using the online
forms and everyone can send messages and leave notes!
And because it can be accessed anywhere we truly are an All Wales
Practice Education Team.
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Placement Centre Q&A |
What about privacy, security, and confidentiality?
We take careful precautions to protect our customers' information. Access to the service is available via the Secure Sockets Layer. Though we offer safeguards to protect your data, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee 100% security. Take appropriate measures with your passwords, and user accounts.
What are the system requirements to use Placement Centre?
Since Placement Centre is hosted on our servers, there's nothing to install and no server/platform requirements to worry about. All you need is a modern web browser with Javascript turned on (Placement Centre officially supports IE 6 or later on the PC, Firefox on Mac, PC, Linux, and Safari on Mac) and an internet connection. Placement Centre does not support IE 5.x on the Mac or PC although you may find that it works we can not provide help and support for it. If you have IE 5, we recommend switching to Firefox — it's modern, fast, compatible, and free.
Can I specify which staff, students and educators see which screens?
Yes. Placement Centre features a simple permissions system that allows you to set permission on a per-user basis. For example, if you want your secretaries to see read-only views of placement timetables we can do just that.
Will my Placement Centre site look like my University's identity?
You can customize your Placement Centre site with your University's name, colours and logo of your choice.
We've already been using a small database can I use the existing records with Placement Centre?
Yes, we can provide this service for you.
Can I get my data out if I want to discontinue using Placement Centre?
Yes, you can easily export all your messages and comments in XML format at any time. We'll do everything we can to make the transition away from Placement Centre a pleasant one - but we hope to keep you happy enough to stay!
Can we run Placement Centre on our own servers?
Placement Centre is a web-based, hosted service. It is not available for purchase to install on your own servers.
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About inPractice |
InPractice manages and supports practice education planning and
administration with enterprise class collaborative
applications.
We work with many types of organisations such as Universities, The
College of O.T. in London and private companies.
We can work with you and tailor Placement Centre so it works around
you and your team, to your existing processes and procedures,
keeping everyone involved and in touch.
Our key value is in reducing the time and stresses involved in this
crucial phase of a student's learning and we provide hands on
support for this area, which is often on top of your "day to day"
tasks.
If you would like to trial Placement Centre or speak with our team
please call or request a call back for a time that's convenient for
you.
Telephone: +44 (0)2920 541 085
Email: info@inpractice.org
Skype: inpractice
