CARER prepared? Exploring the process of learning in women's and children's health for students during and following a longitudinal community placement

Phillips, Nicholas, Logan, Victoria, Brooks, Rachel and Webb, Katie 2023. CARER prepared? Exploring the process of learning in women's and children's health for students during and following a longitudinal community placement. Presented at: Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), Birmingham, 12-14 July 2023.

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Abstract

Introduction: Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) are a method of delivering medical education designed to help address staff shortages in underserved communities. In comparison to traditional block rotations (BRs) where students rotate through medical specialties in short hospital placements, LICs focus on continuity with an extended placement exposing students to specialties in parallel. Cardiff University introduced the Community and Rural Education Route (CARER) in 2018.1 CARER is a comprehensive ‘dispersed-immersed’ LIC model running from two hubs in Wales (Bangor and Aberystwyth), where Year 3 medical students are embedded within general practice for 10-months. Since 2019, Bangor University in partnership with Cardiff University delivers ‘C21 North Wales’ where all Year 3 students experience the CARER route. Cardiff University also recently introduced an 8-week amalgamative clerkship in primary care as an alternative to a BR placement in 'Chronic Disease'. In Year 4, all medical students return to traditional BRs to complete their specialty modules, leading to extended assistantships in primary and secondary care for all students in their final years. Our study aims to explore how early exposure to 'Women, Child and Family' (WCF) patients influences students' later learning in a secondary care setting. Methods: Using a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews with medical students from each curriculum stream delivered, including traditional BRs, are conducted after completion of the WCF BR. Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants. Data will undergo thematic analysis organised using NVivo 12. Results: Data collection and analysis is ongoing and will be completed ahead of the academic meeting.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Related URLs:	https://www.asme.org.uk/events/asm2023
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2024 10:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/165548

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