Central Clinical School elective placements

Before you attend a placement in a NSW Ministry of Health facility, you will need to meet certain requirements to be verified by the NSW Ministry of Health to ensure your safety and that of other students, staff and patients.

Please review the clinical placement checks and clearances and complete and submit all documentation in the format that is requested.

• Only students in their final or penultimate year of study will be considered.
• Elective placements are not available to students whose teaching in online based.
• We cannot accept students who have arranged placements at other institutions in Australia if the total period is more than 8 weeks.
• Acceptance by the Clinical School is at the discretion of the local Associate Dean, subject to load and other local considerations.
• Most time should be spent in the ward or clinic attachments, mostly in association with stage 3 students doing their Clinical Attachments. However, elective students may attend large group teaching sessions such as lectures. Elective students cannot participate in small group tutorials.
• We will not sign the forms provided by students certifying that they have the “same rights and responsibilities as students from this University.” However, we will sign the form stating that the student has had the “same practical and clinical training as medical students of the University.” If your University does not accept this statement please do not submit your application.
• NSW Travel concessions are not available to elective students as per NSW Government Policy.
• Students cannot apply for an elective via the Department they wish to attend, as departments are unaware of their student quota, which includes our own students, interstate and other electives.
• Students from non-English speaking country should have a proficient level of English (spoken and written) before they submit an application. A minimum English level of IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 570 is required.
  
• Your University should include in their letter of good standing a paragraph on your English ability: either the language of instruction for your studies is entirely in English; OR that they are happy that your English ability is sufficient for you to gain an acceptable level of experience and skills from your elective placement, to satisfy their elective criteria.
• Please check with your closest Australian Embassy or Consulate for visa recommendations.
• During your elective, your appearance must be appropriate to a clinical environment – ie you should appear well-groomed and dress in a professional manner. 
• Assessments are not offered to elective students.

A certified copy is a copy of a document that has been endorsed and signed by an authority figure – a solicitor, lawyer, Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public – as being a true copy of the original document.

• The endorsement must be in the following form: “I certify that this is a true copy of the original document” along with the name and signature of the person who certified it and the date.
• A family member cannot certify documents.
• Senior members of your Medical School can certify documents. Any document certified by a senior Medical School member must include the name and position of that Medical School member, and carry the University stamp or seal.
• If sending more that one page, each page must be certified.
• This must be done on the front of the document, not on the back of it.
• Be sure your copy is certified correctly or it will be rejected.