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Exploring the Current Practices of Universities Regarding the Risk of Violence Towards Undergraduate Students on Clinical Placements: A Scoping Review.

Alycia Jacob, Evelien Spelten, Leigh Kinsman

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Review in Health services insights, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alycia JacobSchool of Rural Health, Latrobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-6715
Evelien SpeltenSchool of Rural Health, Latrobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.
Leigh KinsmanSchool of Rural Health, Latrobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare students may experience violence from patients and bystanders while undertaking clinical placements. There is ambiguity around responsibility and strategies used to support students before, during and after incidents. A scoping review was conducted of peer reviewed publications (CINAHL, Embase, Medline, Web of Science) and grey literature (Open Grey, WONDER, WorldCat, Trove, Google Scholar). Twenty-nine studies were identified. Studies varied in the way responsibility for risks was shared between students, clinical facilitators, placement providers and universities. Five studies discussed underreporting of incidents as a known issue. Students on clinical placement who experience violence from patients or bystanders face unique challenges in identifying where to report or find support. While universities are generally aware of the risks of violence towards students undertaking placements there is no consensus between education and placement providers on responsibility for reducing violence or supporting students following incidents.

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clinical placementhigher educationoccupational violenceundergraduate studentsuniversitieswork integrated learning

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PMID40904553
PMCPMC12402652

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