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- Title
Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey.
- Authors
Moran, Monica; Miles, Sarah; Martin, Priya
- 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.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; SERVICE learning; SERVICES for students; ABILITY grouping (Education); RURAL health; SPEECH-language pathology
- Publication
BMC Medical Education, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12909-024-05172-0