Table 1 Features of the Allied Health in Outback Schools Program (AHOBSP) implemented in Broken Hill
From: Learning relationships in community-based service-learning: a social network analysis
Orientation | Based on community need and available evidence |
|---|---|
Student Placements | Placement of students in cohorts (4–6 students depending on discipline) |
Placement of students in pairs at each site, including inter-professional pairs (peer support) | |
For school based programs, intake of cohorts across each school term (4 cohort intakes annually) and for aged care and disability sectors (4–5 cohort intakes annually) | |
Promotion of extended lengths of stay for students (6 weeks plus or extending to a 2nd placement opportunity) | |
Outcomes | Development of generic learning outcomes relevant to rural and remote practice, i.e. cultural education and primary health care practice |
Program Structure | Delivery of structured education across the program period (induction/ orientation linked to placement preparation, inter-professional learning opportunities, clinical discussions and reflection and debrief sessions) |
Continuity of student placement across host sites | |
Utilisation of flexible models of clinical and non-clinical supervision (discipline specific clinician, non-discipline specific clinicians, non-discipline non-clinical supervision, peers, on and off site supervision). |