A guide for Interdisciplinary Service Learning

Introduction to Kinesiology, Introduction to Nutrition and Occupational Therapy, Profession and Discipline.

Careers: Kinesiology, Nutrition and Occupational Therapy.

Teaching team: Ma Fernanda Calvo, Alejandra Espinosa and Nayadet Lucero.

Course level: First year.

ODS addressed in the experience: 3, 4, 10 and 13.

Brief description of the experience:

The three courses work in a complementary manner with the same populations, with the purpose of enabling first year students to identify their own personal role and to identify the professional role of another person, and to understand that there are needs in populations that can be addressed by different disciplines and that the disciplines can complement each other.

Social challenge met: To inform about health prevention promotion.

Service or product co-built with the community: Educational material for health prevention promotion in early childhood and elderly population.

Institutions/community partners involved: Elderly Organizations and Kindergartens.

Learning results achieved:

Being an introductory course, where children do not know what a kinesiologist, a therapist or a nutritionist does, I think we are appealing to interdiscipline by identifying one’s own personal role and identifying the professional role of another person, understanding that there are needs in populations that can be addressed by different disciplines, so doing something together would be fantastic.

Drawing dictation, interviews, problem tree and timeline. Assessment/reflection strategies used: