Submission ID 77840
| Code | OD-3-4 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Other |
| Presenter Other | Other Academic |
| Title | Deconstructing and Reconstructing: Revising Service Learning Objectives in Dialogue with Community Partners |
| Background/Purpose | Since 2016, pre-clerkship undergraduate medical students at the University of Manitoba have participated in Service Learning (SL) with community partner organizations. In 2019, we sought formal feedback about the SL program from community partners involved in program delivery. This feedback identified that the SL program's original learning objectives had been developed exclusively by university staff. |
| Methods | To more fully recognize community partners as co-educators, we obtained funding to engage in dialogue with community partners to reimagine the SL program's learning objectives. The working group guiding this project, comprised of medical students, community partners, and university staff, facilitated three "listening groups" with community partners in May 2022; 10 community partner organizations participated. |
| Results | Following analysis of the listening group data, the working group developed five revised learning objectives for the SL program. These revised objectives reflect community partner-identified priorities for the program; they have been submitted for curricular governance review to be implemented in fall 2023. |
| Discussion | Planning, co-imagining, and co-constructing the SL program objectives together with community partners was a rich and meaningful endeavour. The composition of the working group provided valuable insights and leadership for this process. Building on the 2019 feedback results, it was only through critical reflection upon the relational power dynamics between university staff and community partners, and a critical examination of the existing status quo - such as exclusively university staff developing the learning objectives of a community-based educational program - that existing practices could be deconstructed and intentionally reconstructed in more equitable and collaborative ways. |
| Keyword 1 | Service Learning |
| Keyword 2 | Community Engagement |
| Keyword 3 | Learning Objective |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Social Accountability |
| Authors | Karen Cook Liam Fullerton Angeline Nelson Prasansa Subedi Harman Vats Britney Wilson Chelsea Jalloh Barbara Borges |
