{"id":3037,"date":"2014-05-28T13:49:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T02:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/rural-health\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2014-05-28T13:49:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T02:49:30","slug":"community-theme-works-for-revamped-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/2014\/05\/28\/community-theme-works-for-revamped-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Community theme works for revamped program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3040\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3040\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3040\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/files\/2014\/05\/clinical-simulation.jpg\" alt=\"clinical-simulation\" width=\"430\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simulation: Pam Harvey (left) discusses mobility aids with a student during an occupational therapy session, and (right) a student practices wound dressing in the Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year\u2019s revamped Year 2 program in Bendigo involved a mix of new and tried educational experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a cohort of 39 students, activities were often split into three so that smaller groups could get to know each other,\u201d said Lecturer Pam Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, students travelled to either Rochester, Dingee or Lockington to visit a working dairy farm and look at health services in the town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese communities embraced our students, giving their time and knowledge generously,\u201d she said, adding \u201ccommunity involvement was a theme of our program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pam said 13 GP patients had participated in the program\u2019s simulated general practice consultation, and volunteered to return \u2018any time\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey willingly talked to students about their health issues, offering students insight into how people manage their daily lives while coping with often complex issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents were also able to discuss illness and its effects with two people living in the community who have had strokes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe called these sessions \u2018Stories of Recovery\u2019 to highlight the role that rehabilitation and community care have for people adjusting to disability,\u201d said Pam.<\/p>\n<p>The Year 2 program also saw students spend time in local hospitals with senior students, and in the skills lab with clinical educators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best outcome was that nearly half of the students wanted to know how they could apply for a rural placement in Year 3,\u201d said Pam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thanks to the hard working Bendigo Year 2 team for their organisation, patience and ingenuity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s revamped Year 2 program in Bendigo involved a mix of new and tried educational experiences. \u201cWith a cohort of 39 students, activities were often split into three so that smaller groups could get to know each other,\u201d said Lecturer Pam Harvey. \u201cThis year, students travelled to either Rochester, Dingee or Lockington to visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/2014\/05\/28\/community-theme-works-for-revamped-program\/\"> Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":797,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3341,2085,2082],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3043,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/rural-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}