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HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS ON FIELD TRIPS TO RURAL AREAS: A CASE STUDY
Author(s) -
Boucaut Rose
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1584.1998.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - trips architecture , promotion (chess) , health promotion , curriculum , medical education , perspective (graphical) , work (physics) , field (mathematics) , nursing , medicine , public health , psychology , political science , pedagogy , engineering , transport engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , mathematics , artificial intelligence , politics , pure mathematics , law
Field trips to country communities have formed part of the final year physiotherapy undergraduate curriculum at the University of South Australia since 1995. These trips have aimed to give students an experience in primary health care. This paper evaluates these activities within the framework of the health promotion model from the perspective of those involved and evaluates feedback from these people. The activities met four of the five criteria of the health promotion model to some degree. Evaluation from all those participating has been mainly positive, with some aspects of organisation of the field trips requiring improvement. All involved felt they had gained benefits from the field trips; however, further work is needed to align the activities with local health promotion infrastructure.