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Co‐designing community‐focused rural placements for collaborative practice.
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Rural Health; Apr2021, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p284-290, 7p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Aims and Context: As a University Department of Rural Health, we have identified recurrent areas of service need among vulnerable rural populations, specifically the need for allied health. Concurrently, we have also identified missed opportunities for deliberate collaborative practice in rural clinical placements. This paper provides a commentary on our work in progress as we work to leverage available opportunities to provide both service from and education for health profession students on rural clinical placements. Approach: We developed a transdisciplinary placement model, informed by practice theory, which encompasses pre‐placement preparation, student support, host sites and clinicians, and a structured evaluation strategy. This model aims to facilitate service provision alongside of student learning about community and collaborative practice. In particular, the co‐design of the model is expected to facilitate student's sense of social accountability and reduce stigma in working with vulnerable population groups. Conclusion: This paper highlights the need for greater alignment between rural health education and practice, describes a placement model that is working towards this and showcases how this has been enacted in a remote community in New South Wales. More cross‐sector discussion and evaluation is needed to determine the implications of adopting this model more widely if service and learning opportunities are to be equally achieved, and to determine the ways in which training and service provision can be aligned with community need, as recommended in the recent Rural Health Commissioner Report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EVALUATION of human services programs
SOCIAL support
STAKEHOLDER analysis
ALLIED health education
SOCIAL stigma
INTERNSHIP programs
HUMAN services programs
LEARNING strategies
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
COMMUNITY-based social services
AT-risk people
RESEARCH funding
RURAL health
INTERDISCIPLINARY education
SOCIAL responsibility
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10385282
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Rural Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150293953
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12718