Faculty of Health Science
Assists in managing placements for the Faculty’s health professional students:
• Human Life Sciences
• Medicine
• Nursing & Midwifery
• Pharmacy
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Faculty of Health Science
Challenge
• Increasing student numbers
• Limited capacity for placements
• Need for data to support planning
• Types of placements
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Faculty of Health Science
In Pharmacy
• Increasing student intake
• 1 major teaching hospital
• Risk of overburdening preceptors
• Can range from 2 hours one afternoon per week, to 3 weeks - from hospitals to veterinary clinics
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Faculty of Health Science
Differences in Placements can relate to
• Placement objective
• Types of learning involved
• Size of Placement agency
• Number of students enrolled & placements required
• Length and complexity of each placement
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Faculty of Health Science
Other Key stakeholders
Staff in placement organisations
eg Hospitals (public or private)
Community Organisations
General Practice
Medical Centres
Laboratories
Pharmacies
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Faculty of Health Science
The SPMS Solution
• A new placement management and communication system
• Electronic and web-based
• Accessible to ALL stakeholders
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Faculty of Health Science
Different user levels
• System administrators
• School administrators
• Academics
• Students
• Placement organisations
Student Placement Management System
Faculty of Health Science
Your one stop placement shop!
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
https://spms.utas.edu.au
Faculty of Health Science
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
The SPMS imports information from within the university
• Student photos and contact details
• Course and unit codes and names
Both sources are from centrally managed university record systems
Faculty of Health Science
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Main Menu or Home
• Placement List
• Placement Definitions
• Placement Organisations
• Students
• Student Groups
• Provisional Students
• Users
• Administration
• Reports
Faculty of Health Science
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Placement Definition
• Applications
• Allocations
• Payments
• Swap Requests
• Change Requests
• Guidance Notes
• Notes
• Send Message
Faculty of Health Science
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Sign in using UTas user name and password
Faculty of Health Science
Student Placement Management System (SPMS)
Placement List
• My placements
• My Applications
• Placements open for Application
•My Swap Requests
• My Change Requests