Details:

Year 10 students only

TBC confirmed schedule - mix of venues at Wodonga TAFE, La Trobe University, Albury Wodonga Health, TAFE NSW, Mercy Health, Charles Sturt University and more.

Outline of daily activities:

• Tour of onsite health facilities

• Practical activities/skills teaching related to Allied Health Assistance, Aged Care, Social Work, Allied Health professions, Nursing, Biomedical Science, Rural Medicine, Anatomy, Health Communication, Psychology and more

• Local industry representatives to support/run activities

• Virtual health simulation group cases with health representatives

• Live simulation practice in ‘wards’ – eg. use skills learnt earlier in week

• Reflection/debrief of day

Audience:

25 x Year 10 students from all NSW schools. Typically up to 3 students per school, schools are encouraged to keep a waiting list in case extra positions run. Note that there will be another iteration in Term 4 for NSW schools.

What to bring:

• Notebook and pen

• Water bottle

• Either uniform/appropriate casual clothes, with closed in shoes

• BYO morning tea and lunch

Transport:

Students are responsible for arranging their own transport to and from the venues to reflect a real-world work experience. If students do not have support at home to be able to arrange this, please contact RIEP to arrange taxi vouchers/other solutions to ensure that student doesn’t miss out.

Supervision:

While this is being treated as a form of ‘work experience’, there will be one teacher supervising from a school in the region. Please ensure the selection of the supervising teacher is coordinated fairly.

Additionally, emergency contact details will be collected on the registration form, there will be multiple adults with WWCC and First Aid qualifications in sessions with groups of students, and it is expected that students attending will be of the maturity level to behave accordingly.

Registration: Will open in Term 2.