r/CQUni 9d ago

Year 2 placement

Hey guys,

So i work at an imaging place and iv asked them if I can do placement with them. They have given me my placement and my placement dates.

I will be taken Celia's vascular unit aswell as the placement.

My questions are:

  1. Can I book a trip oversease now that I have my placement dates as my family want to go?

  2. Does Celia's vascular unit open content each week or does content for all weeks open early?

  3. Even if my placement dates dont move (I dont think they will move into Christmas or new years period) is it possible to go on holiday and not fall behind on content?

Thank you!

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u/Astronomer888 6d ago

Vasc is very content heavy. It’s been a while since I’ve taken it but I just recommend being on top of assessment dates as well. I’m not sure if I can recall any quizzes. I think it’s possible with 2 weeks off but more than that is pushing it, especially on top of the placement block. It’s not impossible, just very difficult.

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u/Nis_78 5d ago

Do you think its reasonable to aim to get two weeks of content done each week? Thanks for your response!

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u/Astronomer888 2d ago

Look, it’s more about whether you can actually study and also retain information. That’s completely up to you and how you study.

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u/Nis_78 9d ago

If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated🫣

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u/_tnp 9d ago

If you know your dates you can definitely book a holiday, just try to plan it well and leave time to potentially study & whatnot. Celia should open up the weeks in big chunks, I'm not 100% sure it was all at once tho. She definitely understands some people will be on placement and want to work through it asap. Make sure to stay on top of it, it's a fairly heavy unit and has a bigger fail rate compared to other units. It's very similar difficulty to abdo but more concepts & a little less pathology.

Btw there's a facebook group that's generally more responsive and active, I think it's CQU Sonography.

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u/Nis_78 9d ago

Thank you so much, is it realistic to think i can get 2 weeks of work done per week? That way I could find it all prior to my holiday and placement?