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Student Trainee Reporting Tool (STaRT)

The Student Trainee Reporting Tool (STaRT) is an online data collection tool administered by the Department of Health.

STaRT has a number of functions that can assist health and community services and training providers to plan and manage their clinical placements.

All STaRT functions are currently available to health and community services. Training providers wishing to access the functions below can do so by first registering their interest with the Department of Health at workforce@dhs.vic.gov.au.  

Manage Vacancies

The Manage Vacancies function enables health and community services to initiate requests for student clinical placements by indicating vacancies and opportunities within their organisations via an online form. The Manage Vacancies function is currently available for placements in:

  • Medicine
  • Nursing (Divisions 1 and 2)
  • Dental/Oral health
  • Allied health disciplines
Where vacancies match with a training provider's request for clinical placement(s) in a nominated discipline, training providers will be emailed, inviting them to contact the health or community services directly to arrange the placement(s). NB. Matches are not guaranteed. 

Access the Manage Vacancies tool

Placement Request Alerts

The Placement Request Alerts system enables subscribed health and community services to receive notification (alerts) of clinical placement requests from training providers. Health services are able to nominate disciplines for which they wish to receive alerts and are automatically sent contact details for the relevant training provider.

Access the Placement Request Alerts system

Data Collection

The Student Trainee Reporting Tool (STaRT) collects medical, nursing and allied health clinical placement data to assist the Department of Health to allocate clinical placement funding to Victorian public health services from the Training and Development Grant. Data is collected from a host of education providers including Victorian institutions and interstate providers who place students in Victoria.

Data collection in STaRT relies on the cooperation of education providers (who enter the data) and health services (who validate the data).  The department strongly encourages both parties to liaise with each other prior to data entry in STaRT, to minimise possible discrepancies in the data.  It is important to maintain open communications to ensure the accuracy of the data, as funding is allocated based on what is reported in STaRT.

For STaRT queries, please contact Workforce Strategy and Regulation, Department of Health workforce@dhs.vic.gov.au.

If you would like this information in an alternative format, please contact Workforce Strategy and Regulation, Department of Human Services, at workforce@dhs.vic.gov.au or phone 03 9096 7523.