Abstract
<p>There is much to be gained by students learning together in a multidisciplinary environment. Enabling students to interact in a multidisciplinary clinical setting enhances their opportunity to learn from each other, their supervisors from different disciplines and from their experiences with clients. As well as “formal” learning opportunities which take place in the classroom, seminar environment, or in one-to-one instruction with a clinical supervisor, students working in a clinical setting have a range of opportunities to be exposed to informal, or incidental learning. This is learning that occurs in an opportunistic, unplanned and often, serendipitous fashion. This paper reflects on incidental learning opportunities that have been observed to take place in a multidisciplinary clinical setting, specifically between law, social work and business students. These reflections come directly from practice experience at the Monash-Oakleigh Legal Service, operated by the Faculty of Law at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.</p>
Highlights
There is much to be gained by students learning together in a multidisciplinary environment
This paper reflects on incidental learning opportunities that have been observed to take place in a multidisciplinary clinical setting, between law, social work and business students
Recommendations will be made for future clinical education which may be able to capitalise on and nurture collaboration, transfer of learning and informal learning opportunities to provide participating students from diverse disciplines with skills and knowledge that better prepare them for the reality of the workforce
Summary
There is much to be gained by students learning together in a multidisciplinary environment. As well as “formal” learning opportunities which take place in the classroom, seminar environment, or in one-to-one instruction with a clinical supervisor, students working in a clinical setting have a range of opportunities to be exposed to informal, or incidental learning. This paper reflects on incidental learning opportunities that have been observed to take place in a multidisciplinary clinical setting, between law, social work and business students These reflections come directly from practice experience at the Monash-Oakleigh Legal Service, operated by the Faculty of Law at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. There was incidental learning that took place among the supervisors of the different disciplines, with supervisors stating that they gained knowledge and insights into each other’s disciplines These were both unexpected outcome of the multidisciplinary clinical methodology, but outcomes which are much welcomed by clinical educators. Recommendations will be made for future clinical education which may be able to capitalise on and nurture collaboration, transfer of learning and informal learning opportunities to provide participating students from diverse disciplines with skills and knowledge that better prepare them for the reality of the workforce
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