Office of Public Health Studies, Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 28;10:771844. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.771844. eCollection 2022.
Service-learning is a high-impact educational practice at the core of the undergraduate public health degree at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM). This practice provides an invaluable learning experience and professional opportunity for students to collaborate with community partners and make significant contributions in the field. The COVID-19 pandemic halted or disrupted service-learning experiences as community partners adapted to shifting mandates and emergency orders. Surveying the rapidly evolving landscape of partner organizations to support service-learning is a challenge. Assessing changes to the program mentorship or satisfaction is the first step to developing protocols to ensure standardization of service-learning during times of crisis. This study will address if and how the pandemic impacted students' satisfaction with required service-learning experiences. Furthermore, authors hope to create a comprehensive list of practicum partnering organizations, both focused on pandemic response and, more generally, of the service-learning students at UHM, with the intent to increase students and community partners in local service-learning. Assessments were conducted to assess the impact of COVID-19 on undergraduate students' experiences with service-learning through use of a program exit survey. The authors hypothesized pandemic-related adjustments would not affect student satisfaction or skill development. Despite challenges associated with the pandemic and emergency online transitions, students persisted in personal and professional growth associated with service-learning. This developed resilience supports students as they graduate and enter a workforce adapting to remote work demands and community needs.
服务学习是夏威夷大学马诺阿分校(UHM)本科公共卫生学位的核心高影响力教育实践。这种实践为学生提供了与社区伙伴合作并在该领域做出重大贡献的宝贵学习经验和专业机会。由于社区合作伙伴适应不断变化的任务和紧急命令,COVID-19 大流行使服务学习的经验暂停或中断。调查支持服务学习的合作伙伴组织的快速变化的环境是一项挑战。评估对项目指导或满意度的变化是制定协议以确保在危机期间标准化服务学习的第一步。本研究将探讨大流行是否以及如何影响学生对必修服务学习体验的满意度。此外,作者希望创建一个专注于大流行应对以及 UHM 服务学习学生的实习合作组织的综合清单,旨在增加当地服务学习的学生和社区合作伙伴。评估是通过使用项目退出调查来评估 COVID-19 对本科学生服务学习体验的影响。作者假设与大流行相关的调整不会影响学生的满意度或技能发展。尽管与大流行和紧急在线过渡相关的挑战,学生们仍坚持个人和专业成长与服务学习相关。这种发展的弹性支持学生在毕业并进入适应远程工作需求和社区需求的劳动力市场时。