Education of health professionals is costly to the general community and more specifically
the educational sector. The increasing need for speech and language therapy (SLT) …

Background: Research into recruitment, retention and return of speech and language
therapists in the National Health Service (NHS) is relatively limited, particularly in respect of …

Upon qualifying with a speech and language therapy degree, the therapist has to be
prepared to work with a wide range of client groups and to cope within a specific work …

Background Entry to speech and language therapy (SLT) undergraduate pre‐registration
programmes in the UK is usually achieved through qualifications attained at school (eg A …

Background: Communication disorders affect both sexes and people from all ethnic groups,
but members of minority ethnic groups and males in the UK are underrepresented in the …

This paper provides insight into the reasons why students from similar undergraduate
professional preparation programs (education and allied health) choose not to enter the …

Healthcare graduates are often characterised as ill-prepared for workplace entry.
Historically, research on health professional's work preparedness has focused on the quality …

The efforts of a group of participants in the Coalition for Allied Health Leadership program to
assess how and why allied health students became interested in their professions and …

Background Within the context of growing concerns about a potential oversupply of
occupational therapist, this research examines when, where and how long new graduates …

Purpose The number of unfilled speech-language pathologist (SLP) positions in school-
based settings remains an ongoing concern, particularly in the most populous states. New …