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Explore the evolving landscape of student placements and opportunities in the fields of Food Safety, Public Health, Environmental Protection, and more under the updated Curriculum 2007. Discover the shift towards specialist competencies, internships, and the importance of practical competence development. Learn about the changing trends in qualification routes and the impact on course recruitment.
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Student Placements Opportunities from Curriculum 2007
Food Safety commercial Public Health EHness Environmental Protection Underpinning Skills& Knowledge Health Protection Policy and strategy Housing Health and Safety Curriculum 2007
Option 1 - the GP EHP ‘Set on the road to competence as a GP EHP’ Food H&S Hsg EP PH EHness
Option 2 – the restricted generalist PH Food Hsg H&S ‘Generalist level competencies’ EHness
Option 3 - the specialist EHP ‘Fully competent EHP’ Food ‘Generalist level competencies’ EHness
Option 4 - the specialist with generalist options ‘Fully competent EHP’ H&S Food ‘Generalist level competencies’ EHness
Generalist opportunities • No real change • Traditional route to qualification • Opportunities for trad. integrated placements are disappearing so fast that this route will be moribund within 2 years – it probably is already! • Placement desert is now impacting on recruitment to BSc – course closures from 2009
Specialist opportunities • Internship (normally employment as Technician) is about development of EHness and competence in specialism – universally 'end-on' after completion of degree • Internship must lift the student to Masters level in respect of the specialism • Whilst internship is about developing competence (a higher cognitive requirement than for Gps) it wil normally be in one subject area so training burden on placement organisations is reduced
Summary • Traditional placements are dying, if not dead • Whether we like it or not specialist competence-based practice IS the future • Competence development only comes with practice • For specialist route, placements replaced by internships / employment as a Technician • Internship concentrates in one specialist area of practice and, in theory, increases system capacity • Unless we can address the placement/internship issue course recruitment and the profession will die.