Teaching and Learning Conference 2019: Pathways to the public health workplace

This world café session aims to discuss the challenges and benefits of virtual placements or service learning within the context of authentic teaching and assessment. Participants will be asked to share their thoughts using a world café methodology. The session will start with an introduction to an innovative module which offers students a competitive placement in an organisation with a health and wellbeing role working on an organisation-directed project. Apart from receiving academic credit students enhance their employability and receive valuable feedback on their performance in the workplace. The module offers a ‘real world’ opportunity with the complexities this sometimes attracts as placements may be on-site or working remotely.