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WHY ARE THERE SO FEW ETHNIC MINORITY SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPISTS?
Author(s) -
Stapleford Jane,
Todd Celia
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682829809179433
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , medical education , representation (politics) , medicine , sociology , politics , anthropology , political science , law
This report summarises the outcome of a pilot study to investigate the recruitment of ethnic minority students to speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and dietetics courses. The study also sought to identify factors contributing to the low representation of these students on the named courses through interviews and questionnaires to careers advisors, school students and course admissions tutors. Recommendations for changes in practice are made.