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Connecting Organisations with Students
Placements provide excellent real-world learning opportunities for students so they can develop into capable, work-ready graduates.
Since health professionals don’t just work in health services and community health organisations, the Going Rural Health team also work with other community organisations in our footprint to co-develop and support placements in non-traditional settings, such as early learning centres, schools (including specialist schools), Neighbourhood Houses and social support services. Examples of these can be found on our Service Learning Placements page.
Benefits
There are benefits and learning opportunities for students on these placements but there are also many benefits for host sites and communities. These include:
- Providing much needed services for clients and the community (addressing service gaps)
- Increasing existing services where there is a need (addressing a waiting list or providing intensive therapy)
- Working on projects and developing resources for organisations
- Bringing the most up to date practices or therapy to the community
- Increasing the learning culture within organisations
- Exposing students to organisations as possible future employers
- Developing support and/or supervision skills of employees
- Helping to build skills of future clinicians
- Exposing students to rural communities as a possible places to live
Connect with us
Going Rural Health develop strong relationships with host sites. The team can support your organisation to develop placements, and support staff and students through the entire placement process, from planning to post placement. The placements are also continually evaluated, as we embrace a culture of continuous quality improvement to create the best possible outcomes for clients, host sites and students.
Our team is made up of health professionals and we are all located in various locations surrounding regional and rural Victoria.
If would like to know more or are interested in hosting students, please contact the Going Rural Health team and you will be connected with a local team member.