Supervising international students in clinical placements: Perceptions of experiences and factors influencing competency development

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical placement; Competency; Cultural diversity; Focus groups; International students; Internationalization; Supervision

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; TEACHER; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84978406015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0702-5     Document Type: Article

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