Allied health programmes worldwide have reported increasing difficulty in finding sufficient
traditional clinical placements for students within the workplace. As a result, some …

Background During clinical placements, clinical educators facilitate student learning.
Previous research has defined the skills, attitudes and practices that pertain to an ideal …

Purpose: Practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs) reveal a perceived lack of
preparedness to deliver augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services. This …

Purpose Simulation is increasingly used within speech-language pathology education.
Research has primarily explored students' perceptions of learning in simulation. The aim of …

Background Health professional education programs attract students from around the world
and clinical supervisors frequently report that international students find learning in clinical …

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

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

Our understanding of the qualities and value of clinical supervision is based on
uniprofessional clinical education models. There is little research regarding the role and …

Purpose The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine student perceptions of
computer-based simulation and to identify components of the simulation experience that …

The purpose of this study was to explore one novice clinical educator's experiences with
training essential communication and interpersonal skills using a virtual patient. Over 3 …