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Engagement studios: students and communities working to address the determinants of health
Lesley Bainbridge, Susan Grossman, Shafik Dharamsi
1Project Manager, College of Health Disciplines, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada.
Background:
This article presents an innovative model for interprofessional community-oriented learning. The Engagement Studios model involves a partnership between community organizations and students as equal partners in conversations and activities aimed at addressing issues of common concern as they relate to the social determinants of health.
Methods:
Interprofessional teams of students from health and non-health disciplines work with community partners to identify priority community issues and explore potential solutions.
Results:
The student teams work with a particular community organization, combining their unique disciplinary perspectives to develop a project proposal, which addresses the community issues that have been jointly identified. Approved proposals receive a small budget to implement the project.
Discussion:
In this paper we present the Engagement Studios model and share lessons learned from a pilot of this educational initiative.
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