Approaching Primary Health Care Through ‘Country Week’: The Impact of a Rural Placement Program on the Student Learning Experience

Transformative effects of Aboriginal health placements for medical, nursing, and allied health students: A systematic review

“…Four studies reported on this outcome (Bennett et al, ; Jamrozik, ; Lockhart et al, ; Mak et al, ; Morrissey & Ball, ; Newbury et al, ). Quantitative studies ( n = 2) provided limited insight into the cultural awareness gained by students.…”

“…After screening, 108 papers were identified for possible inclusion. Of these, 15 papers (14 studies) met all of the inclusion criteria and were included in the review (Figure ) (Abuzar, Burrow, & Morgan, ; Abuzar & Owen, ; Bennett, Jones, Brown, & Barlow, ; Hart, Cavanagh, & Douglas, ; Jamrozik, ; Kamien, ; Lockhart, Lower, & Loud, ; Mak, Plant, & Toussaint, ; Morrissey & Ball, ; Newbury, Shannon, Ryan, & Whitrow, ; Prout, Lin, Nattabi, & Green, ; Thackrah, Thompson, & Durey, , ; Webster et al, ; Wright et al, ).…”

“…Eight studies reported on outcomes of interest qualitatively only (Kamien, ; Lockhart et al, ; Mak et al, ; Prout et al, ; Thackrah et al, , ; Webster et al, ; Wright et al, ), and three reported quantitatively only (Abuzar & Owen, ; Jamrozik, ; Newbury et al, ). Four studies used a mixed‐methods approach (Abuzar et al, ; Bennett et al, ; Hart et al, ; Morrissey & Ball, ).…”

“…The sample sizes varied, ranging from four to 587, with a median of 23. Six studies included medical students (Jamrozik, ; Kamien, ; Lockhart et al, ; Mak et al, ), six included nursing students (Bennett et al, ; Hart et al, ; Lockhart et al, ; Prout et al, ; Webster et al, ), three included pharmacy students (Lockhart et al, ; Morrissey & Ball, ; Prout et al, ), two included dental students (Abuzar et al, ; Abuzar & Owen, ), two included health‐promotion students (Lockhart et al, ; Prout et al, ), and midwifery, physiotherapy, clinical science, health science, social work, medical imaging, dietetics, human communication science, and occupational therapy students were each included in one study (Table ).…”

“…All placements took place in rural or remote settings. The placement was non‐compulsory in eight of the studies (Hart et al, ; Jamrozik, ; Kamien, ; Lockhart et al, ; Mak et al, ; Thackrah et al, ; Webster et al, ), compulsory in five (Abuzar et al, ; Abuzar & Owen, ; Morrissey & Ball, ; Newbury et al, ; Wright et al, ), and unable to be determined for one study (Bennett et al, ). Twelve studies specified that students had some sort of orientation, including information about Aboriginal culture prior to their placement (Table ).…”