Roles and Responsibilities

Placement Tutor:

- provides academic oversight of practical placements;

- ensures the organisation and proper administration of placements;

- is responsible for the quality and academic content of placements;

- cooperates with organisations suitable for the provision of practical placements;

- prepares documentation required for the tripartite Placement Agreement and maintains communication with placement mentors at individual placement providers;

- introduces students to the objectives, structure, focus and requirements of placements and informs them about assessment methods and requirements for obtaining course credit;

- approves placement providers by confirming the student's placement registration in the Placement Portal www.praxe.vspj.cz within five days of submission;

- delivers the Practical Placement Seminar;

- specifies the requirements for applications for recognition of placements completed outside college studies;

- provides recommendations regarding the recognition of Practical Placement 1 - Practical Placement 5;

- awards course credit based on the evaluation of the required documentation;

- monitors students' attendance and fulfilment of placement requirements through telephone or email communication or by conducting on-site visits.

Academic Staff Member Responsible for Placement Administration

- assists in organising placements, seminars, field visits and the final credit-awarding colloquium;

- introduces students to the objectives, structure, focus and requirements of placements and informs them about assessment methods and requirements for obtaining course credit;

- cooperates with organisations suitable for the provision of practical placements;

- maintains records of Placement Agreements;

- provides administrative support to students, placement providers and the Placement Tutor;

- maintains records of students' placement documentation;

- verifies the completeness of students' documentation before and after the placement;

- awards course credits based on the evaluation of the submitted documentation;

- carries out random checks of students' attendance and fulfilment of placement requirements by telephone, email or on-site visits;

- is accountable to the Head of the Department for the implementation and monitoring of practical placements.

Student:

- selects a placement provider from the database available in the Placement Portal www.praxe.vspj.cz, or with the prior approval of the Placement Tutor, another suitable organisation;

- submits written confirmation of vaccination against viral hepatitis upon enrolment. This requirement is based on Section 9 of Decree No. 537/2006 Coll. on vaccination against infectious diseases: "Students preparing at universities other than medical faculties for activities in healthcare settings are obliged to be vaccinated against viral hepatitis B...";

- submits a fully completed and signed Placement Agreement to the College of Polytechnics Jihlava no later than three days before the placement begins;

- prepares the Learning Agreement/placement Plan, in cooperation with the placement mentor before commencing the placement and submits it to the academic staff member responsible for placement administration no later than the first day of the placement;

- records each day of placement activity in the Placement Diary via the Placement Portal www.praxe.vspj.cz  with entries made at least once per week;

- prepares and submits the Placement Portfolio no later than seven days after completing the placement.