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Twelve Tips

Twelve tips for implementing effective service learning

Denese PlayfordThe Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Correspondence[email protected]
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Susan BaileySocial Work, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;
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Colleen FisherSchool of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;
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Ania StasinskaSchool of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;
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Lewis MarshallThe School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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Michele GawlinskiThe Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;
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Susan YoungSocial Work, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;
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Pages 24-27 | Published online: 24 Nov 2017

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