We are seeking volunteer members of the Australian community to interact with our allied health professional students on the Student Telehealth Program. As a participant on the program, students will discuss concerns that you may have about your health and well-being over phone or video. Interactions may include several sessions over a number of weeks, with the goal to help you identify strategies for enhanced health and wellbeing.
About the project
Delivery of health services through telehealth modalities is now considered "the norm" where previously it only represented a small fraction of healthcare interactions undertaken. This creates a challenge for universities seeking to educate students in a way that best prepares them to be a part of the future healthcare workforce.
The School of Primary and Allied Health Care has developed a Student Telehealth Program that will provide opportunities for health professional students to learn how to conduct telehealth interactions. Students are provided background training in telehealth delivery to work with volunteer participants from the community to identify areas of health and well-being that the participant may need assistance with. Using a shared decision-making approach, students and volunteer participants establish strategies and goals to improve health and wellbeing over several telehealth interactions.
The Student Telehealth program sits within a research framework. The Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee has approved the research underpinning this program, project number 47678.
How can I get involved?
If you think you might like to be involved, please register your interest and one of our team will be in contact to provide you with more information about the program.
Anyone aged 18 or older can participate, and there is no cost to be involved.
Contact us
Please email telehealth.admin@monash.edu if you would like any further information about the program.