Our Research
Theory of Change
Going Rural Health’s service learning Theory of Change outlines what the service-learning program hopes to achieve and how it hopes to achieve it, all underpinned by Going Rural Health’s values and principles. The Theory of Change is a tool to improve understanding of the program and intended outcomes to achieve its vision.
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Positive change in intent to practice rurally is strongly associated with nursing and allied health students of metropolitan origin after rural clinical placement
Kristen M. Glenister, Department of Rural, in collaboartion with Going Rural Health have published the following research assesing whether rural clinical placements influence change in intention to practice rurally for nursing and allied health students.
Results suggest that the impact of a rural clinical placement on these students on their intent to practice rurally is greater for metropolitan origin than rural origin students.
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What is the impact of an allied health service-learning programme for rural communities
Robyn McNeil, a Research Fellow in the Department of Rural Health along with our GRH team have published a technical protocol that outlines a comprehensive evaluation framework of the service-learning program operating at the University of Melbourne by our GRH team.
This protocol has been made freely available, and it is hoped it will assist other UDRH teams to set up evaluations to understand the implementation and impact of service learning for university students they support, and their local communities.
