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    • Placement Phone number: 07785286371

      Please remember to use the placement phone as your first point of contact with the University e.g. absence, concerns.

      Placement Planning Forms:

      Please ensure these are completed way ahead of your placements starting so we can place you appropriately.  You can update and amend these at any time, but if you make any changes, please also inform sresplacements@essex.ac.uk, as information from PEMS doesn't get automatically sent through to us.  If you highlight an area/discipline you would prefer not to be placed within, please expect a member of the placements team to contact you to discuss this further.  This will allow us to support you as best we can.  Placement planning forms are found on PEMS.

      Placement Visits:

      Placement visits are routine for level 5 placements.  These need to happen in the 3rd week of placement.

      Placement visits are optional for level 6 placements and are at the request of student, educator, or University staff.  These can take place at any time.

      Both BSc & MSc: Placements 1 & 2 are level 5, placements 3-5 are level 6.

    • Placement Handbook 25-26 File PDF

      Our extensive practice education handbook for all placement matters or queries.

      1.9 MB
    • ESNEFT/NEECS Practice Educator details URL

      If going on placement with ESNEFT e.g., Colchester, Ipswich, or NEECS (North East Essex Community Services), please use this link to find the correct practice educator details for your placement.  

    • Clinical Reasoning

      Throughout all placements you are required to capture written evidence of your clinical reasoning skills. 

      There is a form on your ePAD with which to record and share your clinical reasoning.

      You should complete clinical reasoning forms as you encounter interesting, or typical or difficult clinical situations. You should discuss your competed form with your supervisor or practice educator.

      You are required to submit  at least three examples of your clinical reasoning in your portfolio demonstrating the range of populations and situations you have clinical reasoned. 


    • Skills Journal

      Throughout placements you must compile a log of their evolving skills.  Each skills is to be recorded using the form provided in your ePAD and countersigned by a your practice educator.

      The log should be signed once have demonstrated the  skills safely and within the appropriate context. It is NOT a competence log. Therefore you do not have to demonstrate the skills multiple times before signing.


    • Physiotherapy practice based learning ePAD's URL
      To access the your ePAD follow this link and select 'single sign on'. Then  login with your usual University of Essex account username and password. 
    • University of Essex Physiotherapy ePAD advice and support URL
      On this link you will find videos and SWAYS to help you use your ePAD.
      If this guidance does not answer your question you can access assistance via the ePAD helpdesk on epadhelp@essex.ac.uk
    • Apprentice and student guidance on using ePAD's URL

    • Student Top Tips for Practice Based Education Success