Pascoe, Taegen, Mudholkar, Asmita, Burke, Stephanie, Obamiro, Kehinde, and Zuchowski, Ines (2025) Allied Health student led clinics: An opportunity for Workforce development. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33 (2).

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Abstract

Objective: The project aimed to evaluate multidisciplinary allied health student placements co-located within a rural general practice clinic.

Methods: Occupational therapy, social work and speech pathology placement students under discipline-specific supervision led an allied health clinic model servicing MMM 4–6 regions in Queensland, servicing clients with diverse health needs.

Design: A cross-sectional survey design recording interventions, student and stakeholder experiences and client satisfaction was applied.

Setting and Participants: Between February and July 2024, ten students completed placements within the student-led clinic, working with clients at a rural General Practice Clinic

Main outcomes Measure: Descriptive statistics was used to summarise clients’ demographics, satisfaction and the services provided using SPSS version 29.0. Qualitative survey responses were analysed using Nvivo.

Results: Student-led allied health services co-located within a General Practice clinic benefited rural communities by providing increased access to allied health services and a holistic approach to health care. Student-led allied health services alleviated the work burden for General Practitioners [GPs] in a rural health care setting.

Conclusion: Multidisciplinary allied health student placements within a rural GP clinic benefited rural and remote communities through increased access to allied health services. Further research is needed to investigate interdisciplinary models of care and sustainable funding streams.

Item ID:	84912
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1440-1584
Keywords:	Primary Health Care; General Practice; Multi-disciplinary teams; allied health student placements; rural and remote health
Copyright Information:	© 2025 The Author(s). Australian Journal of Rural Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of National Rural Health Alliance Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2025 23:11
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4409 Social work > 440901 Clinical social work practice @ 40% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science > 420110 Speech pathology @ 30% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science > 420104 Occupational therapy @ 30%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2002 Evaluation of health and support services > 200206 Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs) @ 20% 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1601 Learner and learning > 160102 Higher education @ 40% 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200105 Treatment of human diseases and conditions @ 40%
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