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Table 5 Outcomes evaluated & evidence quality

From: What works, why and how? A scoping review and logic model of rural clinical placements for allied health students

No.

Reference, Model and Study

Outcomes evaluated

Evidence

Quality

Citation no.

 

Education / Learning outcomes

Student outcomes

Rural outcomes:

Intention to work in rural area

Rural Outcomes:

Employ-ment in rural area post study

Rural Outcomes:

Knowledge of rural context

Rural Outcomes:

Attitude to living and working in rural area

Program outcomes

Supervisor outcomes

Service & community outcomes

Placement outcomes

 

Placements designed to expose students to rural practice

1

[33]

Brown, Macdonald- Wicks, Squires, Crowley & Harris (2015)

 

  

  

Moderate

2

[34]

Capstick, Beresford & Gray (2008)

  

 

   

Moderate

3a

[35]

Page & Hamilton (2015)

  

    

Low

4

[36]

Paterson, McColl & Paterson (2004)

 

   

    

Low

5

[37]

Wolfgang, Dutton & Wakely (2014)

  

     

Low

Placements designed to address community needs

6

[38]

Allan, O’Meara, Pope, Higgs & Kent (2011)

      

Moderate

7

[39]

Averett, Carawan & Burroughs (2012)

    

   

Moderate

8

[40]

Boucaut (1998)

  

  

 

Low

9

[41]

Frakes et al. (2014)

    

 

Low

10

[42]

Frakes et al. (2014)

        

Moderate

11

[18]

Jones et al. (2011)

  

   

Low

12

[43]

Kirby, Held, Jones & Lyle (2018)

      

 

 

High

13

[44]

Moosa & Schurr (2011)

  

 

 

 

Low

Placements designed to provide students with a specific skill set (interprofessional)

14

[45]

Cragg, Hirsh, Jelley & Barnes (2010)

   

    

Low

15

[46]

Guion, Mishoe, Taft & Campbell (2006)

 

 

  

Low

16

[47]

Gum et al. (2013)

   

     

High

17

[48]

McNair, Stone, Sims & Curtis (2005)

   

    

Low

18

[49]

Mu, Chao, Jensen & Royeen (2004)

   

     

Moderate

3a

[35]

Page & Hamilton (2015)

        

Moderate

  1. aIncluded in both interprofessional and exposure to rural practice placement models