Assessing the impact of a short-term service-learning clinical experience on the development of professional behaviors of student physical therapists: A pilot study

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Jeannette Renee Anderson
Leslie Taylor
Julie Gahimer

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As with most health care provider education programs, physical therapy programs seek ways to develop professional behaviors of students. This study describes the integration of a one-week service-learning experience into an existing clinical internship. Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed between groups of students who participated in the experience, expressed a desire to participate but were unable to, and those who did not wish to participate.  Results suggest that engaging in, as well as the desire to engage in, a service-learning project for under-served members of our community is associated with professional behavior development from students’ and clinical preceptors’ perspectives. 

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Anderson, J. R., Taylor, L., & Gahimer, J. (2014). Assessing the impact of a short-term service-learning clinical experience on the development of professional behaviors of student physical therapists: A pilot study. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(4), 130–143. https://doi.org/10.14434/v14n4.12788
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