Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey
Abstract This preliminary national study is the first of its kind to investigate how service learning placements are implemented in real world settings in rural Australia and what factors enable or hinder their implementation. An anonymous survey was distributed to 17 University Departments of Rural...
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| description | Abstract This preliminary national study is the first of its kind to investigate how service learning placements are implemented in real world settings in rural Australia and what factors enable or hinder their implementation. An anonymous survey was distributed to 17 University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH) in Australia. Numerical data were analysed descriptively. Textual data were analysed using a hybrid content analysis approach. Thirty seven respondents provided data representing 12 UDRHs. Responding UDRHs reported facilitating service learning programs, with experience in this context ranging from 3 months to 21 years. Service learning placements predominantly occurred in schools and aged care facilities. Occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech pathology were the most frequently involved professions in service learning. Enablers and barriers identified were categorised into: People, Partnerships, and Place and Space. This national-scale study provides a springboard for more in-depth investigation and implementation research focused on development of a conceptual model to support service learning across rural and remote Australia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40670e0ffa3b4df4b53281f2567485bb2024-03-05T19:26:03ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202024-03-0124111010.1186/s12909-024-05172-0Australian rural service learning student placements: a national surveyMonica Moran0Sarah Miles1Priya Martin2Western Australian Centre for Rural Health (WACRH)University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney LismoreRural Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, The University of QueenslandAbstract This preliminary national study is the first of its kind to investigate how service learning placements are implemented in real world settings in rural Australia and what factors enable or hinder their implementation. An anonymous survey was distributed to 17 University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH) in Australia. Numerical data were analysed descriptively. Textual data were analysed using a hybrid content analysis approach. Thirty seven respondents provided data representing 12 UDRHs. Responding UDRHs reported facilitating service learning programs, with experience in this context ranging from 3 months to 21 years. Service learning placements predominantly occurred in schools and aged care facilities. Occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech pathology were the most frequently involved professions in service learning. Enablers and barriers identified were categorised into: People, Partnerships, and Place and Space. This national-scale study provides a springboard for more in-depth investigation and implementation research focused on development of a conceptual model to support service learning across rural and remote Australia.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05172-0Service learningPlacementsRural healthRural and remote |
| spellingShingle | Monica Moran Sarah Miles Priya Martin Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey BMC Medical Education Service learning Placements Rural health Rural and remote |
| title | Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey |
| title_full | Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey |
| title_fullStr | Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey |
| title_short | Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey |
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| topic | Service learning Placements Rural health Rural and remote |
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