Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education

As a JCU professional health student, you are responsible for meeting all pre-placement requirements (PPRs). Contact your placement coordinator or the Professional Experience Placement Unit for advice about requirements and resources for placements in other states, services or facilities.

InPlace – JCU’s online system for coordinating and managing Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and placement activities. Students use InPlace to access their placement details.

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Postgraduate students must complete all pre-placement requirements (PPRs) before commencing placement.

NS5383 Subject: Diabetes Education Professional Practice

Students are responsible for arranging a placement that aligns with their primary discipline and interests, in either a community or hospital setting, subject to availability.

Key Staff Contacts

Student Placement Officer
Kelly Rintoul
GCDEprac@jcu.edu.au
07 4781 5751

Course Coordinator
Email: gcde@jcu.edu.au

Pre-Placement Assistant (PPR Contact)
Galina Bailey
healthplacements@jcu.edu.au
07 4232 1065

Placement Dates 2026:

• March Intake Placement: 7 September 2026 to 16 October 2026 (Block 5)
• May Intake Placement: 2 November 2026 to 11 December 2026 (Block 6)

Students commencing in March may complete placement in either block. Students commencing in May must complete placement in Block 6.

Submit the Clinical Placement Form to GCDEprac@jcu.edu.au.

Mandatory Pre-Placement Requirements

All GCDE students must complete and submit the following pre-placement requirements (PPRs) by the relevant due date:

1. JCU Professional Experience Placement Requirements Module — This module is mandatory and must be completed before you commence placement.
2. JCU WHS Module — Complete the “Student Workplace Health and Safety, and Conduct Induction” in LearnJCU. Select Organisations, then under Essential, select the module. Complete all eight parts and acknowledge the Declaration of Completion. The module takes approximately 15 minutes, and the Professional Experience Placement Team will be notified when you finish.
3. Evidence of current registration as a health practitioner — Provide a copy of your current AHPRA registration.
4. JCU Health Record and Immunisation Form — In accordance with Queensland Health and JCU requirements, students enrolled in health courses must be fully immunised before commencing placement. Section 3, Exposure Prone Procedures, is not required.
5. Tuberculosis (TB) Screening — Required for placements in Queensland only. Other states may request additional TB screening information.
6. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate — Provide a valid CPR certificate issued by a registered training organisation.

7. JCU Confidentiality Acknowledgement
8. JCU Student Declaration

Additional state or facility requirements may apply. The Student Placement Officer will advise you of any further requirements for your placement.

Using your JCU email account, send your completed documents to healthplacements@jcu.edu.au. Include the subject code NS5383 in the email subject line and your email signature in the message body.

Block 5 PPR Due Date:  17 June 2026 at 9 am

Block 6 PPR Due Date:  31 July 2026 at 9 am