Common across all the health professions are fieldwork issues such as clinical placements in hospitals, community based service provision, and client-therapist interaction. They all demand knowledge of skills and techniques, and all require proficiency in problem solving and clinical reasoning. Clinical and Fieldwork Placement in the Health Professions prepares students for their work in clinical and fieldwork settings, where their understanding of the various clinical and client-centred environments is dependent not only on their knowledge and skills, but on how well they work with other health professionals. The text is intended to be used throughout the health students' course. It is interdisciplinary rather than discipline-specific, and incorporates both clinical placement and fieldwork education within the context of professional health care services and delivery. Some chapters will be more relevant for first year students, particularly the specific settings section, while others will be more appropriate for final year students, where broader issues such as ethics and legal responsibility are covered.

• Enables students to reflect on their professional behaviour within the different settings.
• Includes a wide range of contributors, providing great depth and diversity of experience of professional practice across Australia
• Uses clinical examples to show interdisciplinary approaches and team work.

List of Figures, Tables and Case Studies

Preface

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Contributors

Part 1: Preparing for Placement

1. Getting Ready for Placement

2. Working in Diverse Settings

3. Working with Mothers and Babies

4. Working with Children and Families

5. Working in Acute Settings

6. Working with Older People

7. Working in Mental Health

8. Working in Workplace Practice

9. Working in Private Practice

10. Working in Rural and Remote Settings

11. Working in Indigenous Health Settings

Part 2: There’s More to Consider

12. Models of Supervision

13. Making the Most of Your Fieldwork Learning Opportunity

14. Assessment of Clinical Learning

15. A Model for Alternate Fieldwork

16. Interprofessional Learning: Working in Teams

17. Learning from Failure

18. Using Online Technology

Part 3: The Big Picture

19. Fostering Partnerships with Action

20. Ethical Decision Making

21. The Three R’s: Roles, Rights and Responsibilities

22. Legal Issues

Part 4: Transition to Practice

23. You Become the Supervisor

24. Starting Out in Supervision

25. Health Workforce Recruitment

References

Useful Websites

Index

Karen Stagnitti – Associate Professor, Occupational Science and Therapy, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University

Adrian Schoo – Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University

Dianne Welch – Associate Head of School, School of Nursing, Deakin University