Open AccessSpeech language pathology Clinical Education: perceptions and experiences of clinical educators and students
Author(s) -
Joana Rocha,
Catarina Santos,
Vânia Peixoto,
Fátima Maia,
Rita Alegría
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de investigación en logopedia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2174-5218
DOI - 10.5209/rlog.65677
Subject(s) - portuguese , medical education , perception , psychology , higher education , speech language pathology , medicine , pedagogy , linguistics , physical therapy , philosophy , neuroscience , political science , law
For the purposes of professional development clinical education is crucial to speech-language pathologists (SLP). There is limited information about clinical education of SLP students in Portugal. The aim of this study was to describe and compare the mutual perceptions of Portuguese SLP’s clinical educators and students’ of SLP in a Portuguese private University Clinic.
Five SLP clinical educators and nine students participated in a one on one semi-structured interview. Content analysis was used to explore interview data. The analysis led to the identification of four themes shared by both groups.
Findings from this study provided an insight about clinical education characteristics and challenges reported by clinical educators and students in Portugal and to compare those results with others mentioned in other countries.
The findings of this study suggest that clinical educators and students identify, in general, similar characteristics regarding effective/non-effective clinical educator profile and benefits regarding clinical education process. The sample provides preliminary data on Portuguese clinical educator’s and student’s experience of clinical education.