International students in speech-language pathology clinical education placements: Perceptions of experience and competency development

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 314-324

  Attrill, Stacie ^a   Lincoln, Michelle ^a   McAllister, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Competency; Fieldwork; International students; Placement

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPEECH DISORDER; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84929894575     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2015.1016109     Document Type: Article

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