Sustaining Success in Collegiate Service Learning - Examples from a Rural Health Expo

This case study tracks the growth of an undergraduate health communications course at a rural access college and subsequent service- learning activities. While initial efforts focused on providing opportunities for health administration students to demonstrate a myriad of management competences developed during matriculation, recent challenges have redirected efforts towards leadership development, project/partner selection, and institutional relations. The presentation will discuss methods used to integrate service-learning into health administration course offerings. The presentation will also profile the characteristics of a service learning experience by way of development, execution, and evaluation of the partnerships, course, and event/activity. Through our outcomes we will demonstrate the advantages service-learning as a learning strategy and the mechanisms/strategies by which to maintain sustainable growth and ensure desired outcomes.