Experiential Learning to Enhance Global Health Collaboration and Student Opportunity
Brittney van de Water, Madelyn McLean, Colin Knutson, Rishi Srinivasan, Karl le Roux · 2024
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Brittney van de Water and co-authors weigh the gains and costs of hands-on learning in global health in a 2024 paper. Students crave real work that lifts class lessons, such as a place on a field study or a health project abroad.
Such posts can let students add real worth, spark fresh drive in host teams, and shape the students themselves. Yet the same posts can strain hosts, add cost, raise fairness doubts about who gets picked, and pile up red tape for all sides. The authors set out the terms on which the trade turns fair: keep the load on partners low, watch the cost, and open the door wide. On those terms, they argue, field posts earn their place.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Brittney van de Water, Madelyn McLean, Colin Knutson, Rishi Srinivasan, Karl le Roux |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |