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undergraduate medical education ireland comprises clinical training largely within teaching hospitals less emphasis training community settings studies show move beyond traditional models training needed particularly domain community child health multiagency interdisciplinary community paediatric clinic established disadvantaged area southern ireland kidscope provides health developmental assessment children aged 06 years acts training clinic medical students complete one day placement final year undergraduate medical degree aim study capture student experiences understand perceived impact communitybased training undergraduate medical education descriptive study design used research tools included mixedmethods online questionnaire qualitative reflective essays microsoft excel generated descriptive statistics quantitative questionnaire responses braun clarkes framework guided thematic analysis qualitative data data integration reporting conducted line mixedmethods research design standards fiftytwo medical students consented participate thirtytwo 62 responded online questionnaire twenty reflective essays randomly selected ninetyfour percent felt clinic provided opportunity apply knowledge skills 96 reported experience strongly improved understanding child health development 90 reported experience extremely valuable overall learning qualitative analysis showed engagement vulnerable population community increased student knowledge informed practice heightened awareness social deprivation impact child development exposure communitybased paediatric clinic influenced undergraduate medical student training experiential transformative learning experience teaching clinical skills community could replicated across medical fields benefit wider community online version contains supplementary material available 101007s40670022016993