A qualitative study was undertaken to gain deeper insight into the nature of learning
opportunities afforded to speech and language therapy (SLT) students on clinical …

Background Placements are a core component of learning within speech and language
therapy (SLT) undergraduate and postgraduate university programmes. They facilitate the …

Traditional models of clinical placements for students in speech and language therapy (SLT)
are often based on a one‐to‐one model where the structure of the learning process is …

There are different ways of approaching the nationally reported shortages of clinical
placements for speech and language therapy students in the UK. Viewing the problem as a …

Background Clinical placements are crucial to the development of skills and competencies
in speech–language pathology (SLP) education and, more generally, a requirement of all …

Clinical teaching of students is a requirement of the majority of practicing therapists in the
UK and yet there is little guidance as to the nature of the placement which needs to be …

This chapter discusses the necessity for clinical education to revisit the traditional workplace
placement models that have educated students since the professions began. As education …

This paper will present the results of a survey of clinical placement offers for one academic
year in one particular region. The data presented confirm that there are issues of shortfall …

Research in speech and language therapy education has focussed on investigating models
of clinical placements, rather than how learning is optimised in practical settings. A …

Background Speech–language pathology students gain experience and clinical
competency through clinical education placements. However, currently little empirical …