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Clinical School
In 2007 the Bay of Plenty Clinical School was set up to provide our health workforce with clinical training,
facilities, resources and support for clinical trials and research projects. The Bay of Plenty Clinical School
is the only clinical school in New Zealand led by a District Health Board and has a campus both in
Tauranga and Whakatāne.
The Clinical School is now a nationally recognised clinical education facility and the placement site of
choice for the growing numbers of undergraduate students.
Student numbers continue to grow in the Clinical School by 20 – 30% per annum, this includes medical,
nursing, midwifery, allied health, rural and overseas students.
There are three main areas of focus:
Students
• Manage student
Research
• Includes a Clinical Trials
placements and Unit with Research
orientation Nurses managing
patient trials
• Capture student data
• Help students to enjoy
• Ensuring DHB legislative
their time with the compliance, ethics and
DHB safety for research
Education
• Manage the staff
education curriculum
and facilities
• Development and
support of e-learning
• Medical libraries
The Clinical Trials Unit mainly undertakes pharmaceutical trials, medical device trials and research
projects. There can be approximately 25 trials being undertaken concurrently as most studies take
several years to complete.
More information on the Clinical School can be found on the BOPDHB website: www.bopdhb.govt.nz, go
to You Belong Here, then Clinical School.
Code of Conduct
See Shared Expectations on page 38.
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