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. 2021 Aug 3;14:2053–2066. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S308032

Table 3.

Characteristics of Student-Led Clinics Identified in the Literature

Student-Led Clinics (Alphabetical) Description of Student-Led Health Service Student Disciplines (Alphabetical) Population Served
Auckland University of Technology Integrated Health – Interprofessional programmes* One-day/week, seven to twelve-week programmes: includes IP in-service, IP appointments, IP education and interactive discussion-based sessions, IP group tutorial sessions and IP client focused care conferences led by health students.
  • Case management

  • Counselling psychology

  • Exercise and nutrition

  • Health administration

  • Health promotion

  • Nursing

  • Occupational therapy

  • Oral health

  • Physiotherapy

  • Podiatry

  • Psychotherapy

Staff, students, and local community; three documents focused specifically on patients with Parkinson’s disease and type 2 diabetes.
Design for Health and Well-being (DHW) Lab Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels engage with a hospital through a design lab and have access to the real-world context of acute health care.
  • Design

District Health Board acute health services.
Three unspecified clinics from New Zealand and seventeen from Australia The most common clinic type described was an on-campus university clinic provided by a single professional group, often co-located with other clinics.
  • Audiology

  • Dental

  • Human movement and exercise physiology

  • Multidisciplinary

  • Podiatry

  • Physiotherapy

  • Psychology

  • Psychotherapy

  • Occupational therapy

  • Optometry

  • Speech

  • Veterinary

Varied but not reported in detail: urban and rural; typically run in partnership with healthcare providers or near existing populations of high need eg aged care facility; target high waiting lists.
Unitec Osteopathy clinic (and others from Australia and the United Kingdom) Osteopathy students are responsible for the management of patients; approximately five to seven students are simultaneously supervised by a qualified osteopath.
  • Osteopathy

Not described.
University of Otago Groups of three health students undertook a home visit with a patient; students worked together to share decision-making, construct a joint management plan, and make recommendations.
  • Dietetics

  • Medicine

  • Physiotherapy

Patients attending a local primary care provider and receiving health care for a number of comorbidities.

Note: *Also included in the consultation process.