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Table 4 Insights and applications for practice

From: “More than just a medical student”: a mixed methods exploration of a structured volunteering programme for undergraduate medical students

 

Planning & preparation

Action

Reflection & demonstration

Assessment & celebration

Insights from experience of a structured volunteering programme during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

- Emphasis on consultation of guidance from regulatory bodies for emergency response programmes

- Emphasis on consideration of stage of training as years 1 and 2 benefit from service learning

- Emphasis on a shift of focus away from formal curriculum oversight and towards ensuring roles in which students can make valuable contribution to maximise reciprocal benefits for services and students

Match roles to motivations

Emphasis on engaged supervision to support reflection

Emphasis on celebration