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Background: Student-led clinics have gained increasing attention as a mechanism for students across various health professions to gain authentic interprofessional clinical placement experience during their educational programme.
Purpose: This scoping review is designed to identify and describe experiences relating to student-led clinics in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Methods: The review involved five key steps: 1) identifying the research question; 2) identifying relevant studies; 3) study selection; 4) charting the data; and 5) collating, summarising and reporting the results.
Discussion: Student-led health clinics present invaluable educational opportunities for authentic collaborative practice and capacity to improve population health and well-being, especially in marginalised and disadvantaged communities. Clinic establishment and operation require consideration of a complex set of factors.
Conclusion: Community consultation (including with Indigenous populations) should precede establishment of clinics. There is scope for more reporting and objective evaluation to ensure best practice is being determined, developed, and achieved.
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Title
Student-Led Clinics in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Scoping Review with Stakeholder Consultation
Authors
Ema Tokolahi (Author) - Waikato Institute of Technology
Patrick Broman (Author) - Waikato Institute of Technology
Glynis Longhurst (Author) - Waikato Institute of Technology
Amy Pearce (Author) - Waikato Institute of Technology
Cassandra Cook (Author) - Waikato Institute of Technology
Patrea Andersen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Sharon Brownie (Author) - Waikato Institute of Technology
Publication details
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, Vol.2021(14), pp.2053-2066