{"id":305,"date":"2022-06-02T10:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T00:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/?p=305"},"modified":"2022-06-03T08:21:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T22:51:59","slug":"mdrs-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/2022\/06\/02\/mdrs-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor of Medicine Rural Stream (MDRS) evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MD Rural Stream (MDRS) recently celebrated 25 years in operation across SA and has been extensively evaluated, with the aim of maximising the student learning experience. Students, clinicians, and administrators contributed to this evaluation, which offers insights into the program\u2019s strengths and identifies opportunities for the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did we find?<\/strong> The evaluation confirmed that the program is delivering a strong learning experience through a network of committed educators, but could be further strengthened by formalising its curriculum philosophy and strategies. In particular, there is an opportunity to explicitly contextualise the medical program curriculum within the social contexts of the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations include:<\/strong> strengthening vertical and horizontal integration across the curriculum; enabling rural placement continuity in year four; working together to develop an evidence base for educational practices; coordinating activities across sites where practical; foregrounding the perspective of the person receiving care; and formalising learning through community participation. Details forthcoming in a full report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happens now?<\/strong> The Medical Program Board has approved the formation of a \u2018MDRS Program Development Group\u2019 who will steer the evaluation\u2019s recommendations into action. Importantly, implementation will be based on principles that embody the values and intentions of the development project:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Build from strengths<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Make best use of existing resources and services<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Explore adjustments to existing practices with those involved<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Involve students and community as partners in change<br \/>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Lead the clinical education field boldly, and back it in with evidence<br \/>\n6.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Evaluate the processes and outcomes of all initiatives<br \/>\n7.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Integrate development and quality processes into normal operations<\/p>\n<p>As the evaluation project moves into this new \u2018action\u2019 phase, the leadership team would like to take this opportunity to again thank those who have contributed to the evaluation, and invite you to stay involved. Stay tuned\u00a0for updates and opportunities, or contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/nicola.parkin\">Nicola Parkin<\/a>, who is supporting implementation, for more information at any time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/nicola.parkin\" data-emb-href-display=\"www.flinders.edu.au\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/nicola.parkin\">Dr\u00a0Nicola Parkin<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nEvaluation Support Officer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2022\/06\/Student-quote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"952\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2022\/06\/Student-quote.jpg 952w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2022\/06\/Student-quote-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2022\/06\/Student-quote-768x334.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MD Rural Stream (MDRS) recently celebrated 25 years in operation across SA and has been extensively evaluated, with the aim of maximising the student learning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1895,"featured_media":308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1349,1772],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-md-governance-improvement","category-mdrs"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1895"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/flinders-medical-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}