Clinical educators (CEs) play a key role in student learning, yet their insights of student
preparedness and performance during initial clinical placements are often under …

Aim The aim of the present study was to explore the student perception of competency
development in nutrition and dietetics and the perceived impact of pre‐placement …

BACKGROUND: Finite or shrinking health resources, coupled with increasing clinical
student placement demand, raise many challenges, including potential impacts on …

Background The education and training of health care practitioners has undergone recent
reform, and indicate that curricula should place emphasis on the development of clinical …

Background Student confidence is an important contributor to a successful professional
placement experience. The present study aimed to evaluate a placement preparation …

Aim Competency standards are widely adopted as a framework to describe standards of
performance required in the workplace. Little is known, however, about how students …

Background One of the most important requirements for contemporary education of a health
care professional is to develop a framework for theory and practise which results in …

Aim: To evaluate the attributes of clinical dietetics student placement exposure to patient
case‐mix and supervision, types of services delivered and to estimate and compare costs …

Purpose: To report on the perceived level of preparedness of dietetic internship (DI)
graduates for entrance into practice as dietitians. Methods: Graduates of an Ontario based …

Direct student-patient contacts, during the professional clinical placement of a Master of
Nutrition and Dietetics course, were collected and analysed for the first time using a …