Men are less willing to seek health professional advice than women and die more often than women from preventable causes. Therefore, it is important to increase male engagement with health initiatives. This study reports the outcomes of a student-assisted, interprofessional, 12-week health program for overweight adult males. The program included weekly health education and structured, supervised group exercise sessions. Thirteen males (participants) and 18 university students (session facilitators) completed the program. Participants were assessed for a range of health and physical activity measures and health and health profession knowledge. Participants demonstrated significant improvement in activity, knowledge, and perceptions of physical and mental function, and appreciated the guided, group sessions. Students completed an interprofessional readiness questionnaire and reported significant improvement in the understanding of the benefits of interprofessional education and of their role in health care. This program provides evidence of the dual benefit that occurs from the delivery of a student-assisted, interprofessional men's health program to at-risk community members.

This research is an example of a service learning partnership between a prelicensure nursing program and local school district. Through this partnership, students participated in a thoughtfully organized project that met the needs of a community and promoted the humanizing of health care education. Nursing students, under the guidance of faculty, performed required physical examinations for Special Olympics athletes who represented a wide range of age, physical, social, and intellectual levels. Research findings indicated an increase in nursing students' affective and cognitive development after this activity.

Background University-affiliated student-led health care services have emerged in response to the challenges faced by universities in securing quality clinical placements for health care students. Evidence of the health care benefits and challenges of student-led health care services is growing, while evidence of clinical placement performance remains variable and not generalizable. Though there have been previous attempts to develop a framework for evaluation of clinical placement performance, concerns have been raised about the applicability of these frameworks across the various placement settings. Additionally, the perspectives of all key stakeholders on the critical areas of clinical placement performance have yet to be considered. Objective This study’s objective is to gather information on areas of measurement related to student learning outcomes, experience of placement, and costs of placement and then develop consensus on which of those areas need to be included in a framework for evaluation of clinical placement performance within the context of student-led health care services. The aim of this paper is to outline a protocol for a modified Delphi study designed to gain consensus on what is important to measure when evaluating an allied health clinical placement. Methods We will recruit up to 30 experts to a heterogeneous expert panel in a modified Delphi study. Experts will consist of those with firsthand experience either coordinating, supervising, or undertaking clinical placement. Purposive sampling will be used to ensure maximum variation in expert panel member characteristics. Experts’ opinions will be sought on measuring student learning outcomes, student experience, and cost of clinical placement, and other areas of clinical placement performance that are considered important. Three rounds will be conducted to establish consensus on what is important to measure when evaluating clinical placement. Each round is anticipated to yield both quantitative data (eg, percentage of agreement) and qualitative data (eg, free-text responses). In each round, quantitative data will be analyzed descriptively and used to determine consensus, which will be defined as ≥70% agreement. Qualitative responses will be analyzed thematically and used to inform the subsequent round. Findings of each round will be presented, both consensus data and qualitative responses in each subsequent round, to inform expert panel members and to elicit further rankings on areas of measurement yet to achieve consensus. Results Data analysis is currently underway, with a planned publication in 2024. Conclusions The modified Delphi approach, supported by existing research and its ability to gain consensus through multiround expert engagement, provides an appropriate methodology to inform the development of a framework for the evaluation of clinical placement performance in allied health service. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/44020

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the face-to-face delivery of exercise with social distancing restrictions preventing close contact between clients and exercise professionals. Additionally, exercise physiology students have had to adapt to these changes and use telehealth to achieve their learning outcomes. This study aimed to explore client and student perspectives of their experience with face-to-face exercise delivery prior to COVID-19 restrictions and telehealth during restrictions. Methods: Clients and students were invited to complete an online survey exploring their experience with student-led exercise services prior to COVID-19 restrictions and during restrictions. Likert-scale questions were compared using a Wilcoxon test and open-ended responses were thematically analysed. Results: Prior to COVID-19 restrictions, all students (n = 7) reported that providing face-to-face exercise physiology services resulted in positive learning experiences and clients (n = 12) were satisfied with their experience. During the restrictions, the client satisfaction with exercise delivery via telehealth remained high, however, students’ learning experience was hindered by the restrictions. Discussion and conclusion: For clients, satisfaction with the exercise delivery remained high and the convenience of telehealth were useful during a pandemic. For students, their exercise prescription and ability to assess and monitor their clients were impacted by using telehealth.

Abstracts / Maturitas 81 (2015) 126-143 141 used the OCP versus those who only used the HRT. BMD measurements were performed at lumbar spine and hip by DEXA scan and results expressed as percentage gain or loss in bone mass. Records were also compared to evaluate relief from symptoms of estrogen deficiency -hot flushes and night sweats as reported at the follow-up visits. The two groups were compared for confounders such as age, body mass index, smoking, past or family history of bone disease, age of onset of POI.Results: BMD of lumbar spine and femur increased significantly during the treatment with oral HRT compared to OCP (P < 0.01). With oral HRT there was 0.8% increase per year at hip and 1.18% increase per year at spine while with OCP there was −0.18% decrease per year at hip and −0.16% decrease per year at spine. There was significantly better suppression of hypoestrogenic symptoms in the HRT group.Conclusion: HRT appears to suppress symptoms of estrogen deficiency and maintain BMD more consistently than OCP in women with POI. Larger studies with prospective designs are needed to confirm these findings.http://dx.Exercise has been found to have a positive effect on the health and well-being of postmenopausal women. The aim of this pilot study was to determine whether an eight-week exercise and lifestyle education intervention had an effect on the health status and QoL of postmenopausal women living in North Queensland. This is the first data from an ongoing project.Participants took part in an eight-week group-based exercise intervention of three sessions per week incorporating aerobic and resistance training in a circuit style format and were given informational handouts on various lifestyle topics for postmenopausal women.Pre and post-test measurements were taken and included peripheral bone density, resting heart rate and blood pressure, blood lipids and cholesterol, anthropometric measures, upper and lower body muscular strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, menopausal QoL and exercise self-efficacy. At the completion of the intervention, participants were invited to take part in a focus group to explore their experiences of the program.Fifteen sedentary postmenopausal women volunteered to take part, of which eleven participants completed 90% of the intervention. Participants improved in waist girth (p = 0.00), cholesterol (p = 0.00), upper body strength (p = 0.00), lower body strength (p = 0.05), psychosocial (p = 0.01) and physical (p = 0.03) domains of QoL. Participants enjoyed the shared identity and social interaction of the group-based exercise. They also enjoyed feeling stronger and being able to perform daily activities more easily.Findings from this pilot study demonstrate that an eightweek group-based exercise intervention is sufficient to achieve improvements in some health status and QoL outcomes for postmenopausal women, although a longer duration may be required. However, participants found the exercise intervention to be a positive experience, providing the motivation needed for future exer...