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 |
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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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