Throughout NHS Ayrshire & Arran and our three Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) areas we are delighted to extend a warm welcome to pre-registration students from our partner universities for their placement experiences. We take pride in the quality of practice education we provide and students opting to come here for a placement will have an enjoyable, meaningful and enlightening experience.
We currently provide placement experiences for the following students:
- Medical Imaging
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Occupational therapy
- Orthoptics
- Orthotics
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Paramedics
Our partner Scottish universities include:
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Strathclyde University
- Queen Margaret University
- Robert Gordon University
- Edinburgh Napier University
- University of the West of Scotland (UWS)
In addition to this in relation to Orthoptics we welcome students from
For Allied health Professions (AHP) across Ayrshire all of our pre-registration placements are monitored and coordinated by our Strategic Pre-registration Group. The details of this membership is noted below and if there are any specific queries in relation to a particular profession then the below noted relevant person will be happy to help:
AHP Pre-registration Student Strategic Group Membership/ key contacts
| AHP Director | Alistair Reid | Alistair.reid@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| AHP Practice Education Lead (Chair) | Grier McGhee | Grier.mcghee@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Dietetics | Maureen Murray | Maureen.Murray@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Physiotherapy | Georgie Garrick | Georgie.Garrick@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Occupational Therapy | Isabel Travers | Isabel.Travers@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Speech & Language Therapy | Marion GrahamJayne Dorans | Marion.Graham2@aapct.scot.nhs.ukJayne.Dorans@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Podiatry | Dr Andrew Brown | andrew.brown2@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Radiography | Leigh McGrath Ruth Easton | Leigh.McGrath@aapct.scot.nhs.uk Ruth. Easton@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Orthoptics | Hazel McWhinnie | Hazel.McWhinnie@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Orthotics | Lynne Rowley | Lynne.Rowley2@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Generic AHP Practice Education Mailbox | aa.aaahppracticeeducation@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
General AHP student information
AHP Core Induction
This core induction checklist will be used alongside any additional uni-professional induction
AHP Student Evaluation
All of our students are expected to complete this evaluation at the end of their placement. The data collated allows us to continuously improve our placement experiences for our students.
AHP Student Evaluation survey
Indicators for the Quality Standards for Practice Learning (QSPL)
We continually strive to meet all standards to support our educators and students.
Uni-professional Information
Please see below links to more detailed uni-professional student information that will be useful for you to access prior to commencing your placement within Ayrshire:
- Dietetic students
- Medical imaging, radiology and x-ray students
- Physiotherapy students
- Speech and language therapy students
- Orthoptics students
- Orthotics students
- Occupational therapy students
- Podiatry students
For more general information on our AHP services please refer to the link below: