Prout Sarah, Lin Ivan, Nattabi Barbara, Green Charmaine
School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6000, Australia,
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2014 May;19(2):147-59. doi: 10.1007/s10459-013-9467-3. Epub 2013 Jun 27.
Health indicators for rural populations in Australia continue to lag behind those of urban populations and particularly for Indigenous populations who make up a large proportion of people living in rural and remote Australia. Preparation of health practitioners who are adequately prepared to face the 'messy swamps' of rural health practice is a growing challenge. This paper examines the process of learning among health science students from several health disciplines from five Western Australian universities during 'Country Week': a one-week intensive experiential interprofessional education program in rural Western Australia. The paper weaves together strands of transformative theory of learning with findings from staff and student reflections from Country Week to explore how facilitated learning in situ can work to produce practitioners better prepared for rural health practice.
澳大利亚农村人口的健康指标继续落后于城市人口，对于占澳大利亚农村和偏远地区很大比例的原住民来说尤其如此。培养有充分准备应对农村医疗实践“复杂困境”的医疗从业者是一项日益严峻的挑战。本文考察了来自西澳大利亚州五所大学多个健康学科的健康科学专业学生在“乡村周”期间的学习过程。“乡村周”是在西澳大利亚州农村地区开展的为期一周的强化体验式跨专业教育项目。本文将学习的变革理论与“乡村周”工作人员和学生反馈的结果结合起来，探讨现场促进式学习如何能够培养出更有准备应对农村医疗实践的从业者。
