Students are required to arrange and pay for their own travel, accommodation, and living expenses for the duration of the placement rotations.
There will be 3 conference weeks held across the year. Each conference week will be 1 week (40 hours) in duration. The 3 conference weeks will be confirmed prior to the commencement of the session.
Students attending compulsory conference week blocks will incur costs associated with travel, accommodation and required resources.
Essential Equipment
- Stethoscope
- Pencil torch
- Closed-in shoes
Students are required to obtain and provide all necessary documentation to be verified by NSW ClinConnect. This verification is a requirement of the NSW Health Department for all students enrolled in medical programs. If a student fails to produce this documentation to ClinConnect they will not be able to attend hospital and health service teaching sessions, and placements. Attendance is a mandatory requirement of the course to ensure that professional competencies are met. Failure to attend will result in a Fail grade for the subject.
All Students
To be eligible to enrol in and attend a health-related placement in your course, students must meet Charles Sturt University requirements AND Special Legislative Requirements to be assessed in their first year of study against the following
- National Criminal History Check: Students must have a current check valid for their entire course. Criminal history check must be an Australia wide check, include the student's full name matching their Student ID card and date of birth offences listed. If a student has a criminal history identified on their check, they must provide a Clinical Placement Authority Card (CPAC from the NSW HealthShare Employment Screening and Review Unit: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/student_clearance/Documents/appendix-10-student-application.pdf
International students must additionally have a translated International Police Check or statutory declaration.
- A NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance letter issued under the category of volunteer valid for their entire course.
- A completed vaccination/immunisation card with all serology results containing expiry dates and currency must be maintained by the compliance for their entire course.
- NSW Undertaking/Declaration form
- Completed any additional health forms required (such as NSW Health Code of Conduct, Health Student Undertaking/Declaration and Assessment Tool)
- Relevant Local Health District specific documentation as requested.
Students must also meet the inherent requirements of the course as outlined in the Charles Sturt University Inherent Requirements for Medicine: https://science.csu.edu.au/schools/medicine/students/requirements. Inherent requirements are personal capabilities which are essential for achieving the learning outcomes of the Course or subject in a way that will preserve the integrity of the Universitys teaching, learning and assessment standards and the accreditation requirements for the course.