Reflections on clinical education by students and new graduates: What can we learn?

Authors/Creators

Julia Hardy
Abigail Lewis, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Joanne Walters
Anne E. Hill
Simone Arnott
Adriana Penman
Stacie Attrill
Ruth Nicholls
Sally Hewat

Abstract

Placements have an important role in the competency development of speech-language pathology students. Using data from 121 student questionnaires and a new graduate focus group, we used thematic analysis to explore clinical education from the perspective of speech-language pathology students and new graduates. Five themes were identified: university factors, placement factors, student factors, learning in real world, and transition to work. Findings suggest curriculum design and the quality of placements are important factors for student learning and new graduate transition to the workplace.

RAS ID

43686

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2021

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Speech Pathology Australia

Comments

Hardy, J., Lewis, A., Walters, J., Hill, A. E., Arnott, A., Penman, A., . . . Hewat, S. (2021). Reflections on clinical education by students and new graduates: What can we learn?. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 23(3), 146-150. https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Members/Publications/Journal_of_Clinical_Practice.aspx

Recommended Citation

Hardy, J., Lewis, A., Walters, J., Hill, A. E., Arnott, S., Penman, A., Attrill, S., Nicholls, R., & Hewat, S. (2021). Reflections on clinical education by students and new graduates: What can we learn?. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/11889