title: Building social capital with interprofessional student teams in rural settings: A service-learning model.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe outcomes of a model of service learning in interprofessional learning (IPL) aimed at developing a sustainable model of training that also contributed to service strengthening.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 57 semi-structured interviews with key informants and document review exploring the impacts of interprofessional student teams engaged in locally relevant IPL activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six rural towns in South East New South Wales.
  
  
  METHODS
  Local facilitators, staff of local health and other services, health professionals who supervised the 89 students in 37 IPL teams, and academic and administrative staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  Perceived benefits as a consequence of interprofessional, service-learning interventions in these rural towns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Reported outcomes included increased local awareness of a particular issue addressed by the team; improved communication between different health professions; continued use of the team's product or a changed procedure in response to the teams' work; and evidence of improved use of a particular local health service.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the limited workforce available in rural areas to supervise clinical IPL placements, a service-learning IPL model that aims to build social capital may be a useful educational model.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Pippa L
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9383-3057
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.affiliation: ANU Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Rural Clinical School, ANU Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009517:New South Wales; D036301:Qualitative Research; D019035:Rural Health Services; D066270:Social Capital; D013337:Students, Medical
keywords: evaluation; interprofessional learning; service learning; social capital