Findings, progress, and lessons learned during the first 3 years of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia

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Walker, Clara, Sangelaji, Bahram, Osborn, Dayle, Cotter, Nicola, Argus, Geoff and Hulme, Adam. 2024. "Findings, progress, and lessons learned during the first 3 years of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia." Journal of Interprofessional Care. 38 (2). https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2023.2282084

Article Title	Findings, progress, and lessons learned during the first 3 years of a student-led interprofessional health clinic in regional Australia
ERA Journal ID	34170
Article Category	Article
Authors	Walker, Clara, Sangelaji, Bahram, Osborn, Dayle, Cotter, Nicola, Argus, Geoff and Hulme, Adam
Journal Title	Journal of Interprofessional Care
Journal Citation	38 (2)
Number of Pages	6
Year	2024
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Place of Publication	United Kingdom
ISSN	1356-1820
	1469-9567
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2023.2282084
Web Address (URL)	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13561820.2023.2282084
Abstract	We describe the establishment and operation of a student-led interprofessional chronic disease prevention and management clinic in regional Australia. Our aim was twofold. First, to report on service delivery, student placement, and health outcome data; and second, to discuss key lessons learned during the first 3½ years of clinic operations. Between July 2019 and December 2022, 146 (79.3%) clinic participants completed the 4-month program and participated in an average of 48.4 occasions of service (total 7,060). The clinic supported 1,060 clinical placement weeks across 147 health students. There was a significant improvement across health measures reported at program completion, with the largest changes observed for the 6-min walk test and preference-adjusted quality of life. Nine key challenges and lessons were identified that affected operations and service delivery, which should be of interest to healthcare teams considering establishing an interprofessional student-led clinic.
Keywords	Chronic disease; interprofessional care; Nursing and allied Health; regional; rural and remote; student-led
Contains Sensitive Content	Does not contain sensitive content
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	4206. Public health
Byline Affiliations	University of Queensland
	Centre for Health Research
	School of Psychology and Wellbeing

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