QUM Research Focussed Placement (PHRM4071)

Permission to conduct a QUM Research Project must be sought by application to the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences using the QUM Ethics and Project Outline form available on Learn.UQ under Learning Resources.

If approval from a Human Research Ethics Committee is required, this is to be obtained by the placement site; however, approval to commence the project is granted by the PHRM4071 Course Coordinator and this project approval is a compulsory component of the research project placement. The application must be submitted as soon as possible after commencement of the placement, and at the latest, prior to the end Week 2 of the placement period.

The research project cannot commence until the Course Coordinator indicates approval on the PHRM4071 Learn.UQ. If no approval is indicated, then the project cannot commence and marks for the project approval, report, and presentation will be zero. Data collection can only begin AFTER the project has received approval from the School. 

The marking criteria/rubric for this assessment task is available on Learn.UQ.

This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Successful completion of the assessment will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which AI will provide only limited support and guidance. A failure to reference AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI tools. 

This is a 6-week QUM research-focussed placement course.

• Each student should attend their QUM Research placement for 6 consecutive weeks, 4 days per week and gain at least 180 hours of workplace contact, commencing two weeks prior to Week 1 of Semester and concluding at the end of Week 4 of Semester.
• Each student must contact the Preceptor for their placement TWO weeks prior to the start of the placement to confirm their attendance for the placement period and to make arrangements for meeting on the first day. If you have contacted the site and do not receive a reply, please contact the Course Coordinator for advice.
• The start and finish time each placement day will depend on the workplace and collegiate negotiations. If the placement includes a public holiday relevant to that placement site, the students are expected to attend/not attend the placement site in accordance with usual practice at that site e.g. if the facility is not open during the public holiday, then the students do not attend AND that time is included within the 180 hours.
• Any attendance problems or placement absences are to be discussed with the Course Coordinator PRIOR to any planned absences or as soon as possible in the case of prolonged absence (> 3days). 
• In the case of illness, students are NOT expected to attend their placement and should inform their preceptor. Absences should be recorded in InPlace within 24 hours of your absence (instructions here). Students away from their placement site for greater than TWO days due to illness (i.e. on the third day) should obtain a medical certificate and provide this to the School Office and their preceptor. 
• Irrespective of medical certificates, any cumulative absence over the 6-week period longer than 3 days must be immediately brought to the attention of the Course Coordinator.
• With the permission of the workplace and preceptor, students may be allowed to have library days away from the placement site; however, a maximum of 2 library days per placement are allowed and these days must be spent on quality project activities (not at another workplace). There is no requirement that a library day will be granted by the workplace - some sites will not allow this time away. Students are expected to be at the placement site a minimum of four days per week unless the absence has the approval of the site and the Course Coordinator.

ENTRUSTABLE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (EPAs)  

• Students must provide evidence of entrustment discussions with their preceptor during placement and the final entrustment decision at the end of their placement should be completed via the ePortfolio. Students will choose a minimum of TWO (2) EPAs from a suite of EPAs provided, that are relevant to the placement site and the students’ learning goals. Students are required to submit a statement of justification for their choice of EPAs with their EPA self-assessment. See the Learn.UQ site for more information regarding the EPAs.

INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLAN (ILP)  

• Students should draft an ILP and discuss their plan with their placement preceptor after they have undertaken their EPAs during their placement. Following this discussion, students should create a final ILP incorporating the preceptor feedback. In the ILP, students should identify specific areas for further development and describe what actions can be taken to address the identified deficiencies in the future. The final ILP must be completed in the ePortfolio.  

The QUM Research Project written report should be submitted in the format of a JOURNAL ARTICLE, structured to promote clarity and ease of reading. QUM Research Projects may be quantitative or qualitative in nature, and students are encouraged to read widely around the published literature relevant to their project, and format their journal article in a style consistent with published work in their field. 

The report should be a maximum of 2000 words and students should follow the report structure outlined on Learn.UQ. The marking criteria/rubric for this assessment task is available on Learn.UQ.

This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Successful completion of the assessment will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which generative AI will provide only limited support and guidance. A failure to reference AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI tools.  

Digital Poster Oral Presentations will take place during the designated PHRM4071 tutorial times during Weeks 11 - 13 of Semester. There will be no student sign-on for these tutorials as participation will depend on the scheduling of other courses. The timetable for tutorial attendance and presentations will be available on the Learn.UQ course site prior to the end of Week 9 of Semester. 

Students will be required to design and create a two-slide Digital Poster which will be presented in a 5-minute oral presentation + ~2 minutes questions. Students are encouraged to present their projects creatively and consider the key points of information they wish to present. Further instructions for poster slides and guidelines for the oral presentation are available on Blackboard.

At your designated tutorial, an attendance record is signed at each tutorial and absences will require a medical certificate or prior approval by the Course Coordinator. 

The Digital Poster Oral Presentation will be recorded and retained as per university policy. The recording will be stored in a secure manner and will only be accessed if required for the purposes of moderation of marking; provision of feedback to the student; and/or re-marking following a successful re-mark application.

The marking criteria/rubric for this assessment task is available on Learn.UQ.

This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Successful completion of the assessment will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which generative AI will provide only limited support and guidance. A failure to reference AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI tools.