title: An interprofessional community education project as a socially accountable assessment.
abstract: As part of a clinically based rotational undergraduate interprofessional programme, an assessment was devised which was construed as being socially accountable. An interprofessional programme, with cohorts of students from six different health professions, was evaluated in a number of ways. Students completed pre and post questionnaires about many aspects of the programme and also participated in focus groups. The social accountability of the key assignment emerged as important for both students and the community agencies that provided the clinical experience for students. Students implicitly and explicitly reported that their awareness of the need for health professionals to be socially accountable was heightened as a result of the assignment task. This article indicates that with creativity and perseverance an assessment can be devised that is relevant both to the student and the community, and is a powerful learning exercise for all involved.
authors.affiliation: a Medical Education Unit , University of Otago - Wellington , Wellington , New Zealand .
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.affiliation: b Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago - Wellington , Wellington , New Zealand , and.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pullon
authors.affiliation: c Department of Physiotherapy , University of Otago - Dunedin , Dunedin , New Zealand.
authors.forename: Margot
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.affiliation: b Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago - Wellington , Wellington , New Zealand , and.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McHugh
authors.affiliation: b Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago - Wellington , Wellington , New Zealand , and.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McKinlay
authors.affiliation: b Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago - Wellington , Wellington , New Zealand , and.
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000592:standards*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D012941:Social Responsibility
keywords: Assessment; community-based education; interprofessional education; social accountability undergraduate