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Does the student-led osteopathy clinical learning environment prepare students for practice?
BMC medical education, Vol.22, pp.1-9
05/08/2022
PMID: 35927729
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Abstract
Background
For many allied health disciplines, pre-professional clinical education takes place in student-led, on-campus clinic environments. In these environments, pre-professional students undertake patient care under the supervision of qualified health professionals. Literature exploring the benefits of the student-led clinical learning environment is limited and little is known about the role student-led clinics play in preparing pre-professional osteopathy students for professional practice.
Aim
To explore the perceptions of osteopathy clinical educators about the role of the student-led clinic at Victoria University (VU) in preparing pre-professional students for professional practice.
Methods
A qualitative collective case study methodology was utilised to explore clinical educator perceptions. Individual interviews were conducted with clinical educators employed in the university osteopathy clinic. Interview questions were framed around the Capabilities for Osteopathic Practice which set the Australian osteopathy practice standards. Data were assessed by two of the authors using thematic analysis.
Results
Nine clinical educators out of 31 employed at the university clinic (29%) agreed to participate. Qualitative analysis generated three themes: perceptions of the student-led clinic (SLC) as a learning environment; clinical educator perception of their role in the SLC; and, challenges to and of the SLC environment.
Conclusions
Clinical educators perceived that the student-led osteopathy clinical learning environment develops pre-professional learners to meet some, but not all, of the capabilities for professional practice as an osteopath in Australia. The environment may be improved through faculty development, fostering a proactive learning approach, addressing system-based issues, and providing opportunities to interact with other health professions.
Details
- Title
- Does the student-led osteopathy clinical learning environment prepare students for practice?
- Creators
- Conor Abrey - Victoria UniversityNiraj De Silva - Victoria Univ, Coll Hlth & Biomed, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaJake Godwin - Victoria Univ, Coll Hlth & Biomed, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaThomas Jacotine - Victoria Univ, Coll Hlth & Biomed, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaDaniel Raab - Victoria Univ, Coll Hlth & Biomed, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaKieran Urquhart - Victoria Univ, Coll Hlth & Biomed, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaKelley Mumford - Victoria Univ, Coll Hlth & Biomed, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaPatrick McLaughlin - Victoria UniversityBrett Vaughan - University of Melbourne
- Publication Details
- BMC medical education, Vol.22, pp.1-9
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- CAUL
- Identifiers
- 991013062312302368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Academic Unit
- Allied Health and Midwifery; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article