Insiders' perspectives regarding student clinical placement

Summary of the Symposium: The symposium provides insiders’ perspectives of professional preparation during clinical education. The first paper explores the experiences of occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy... [ view full abstract ]

Summary of the Symposium:
The symposium provides insiders’ perspectives of professional preparation during clinical education. The first paper explores the experiences of occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy practice educators who have supervised a student with a disability. The second paper investigates adaptive strategies of occupational therapy students following fieldwork failure. The third paper illuminates reflective thinking by students during clinical placements, using learning analytics as a novel tool. As a collective, these works enrich knowledge of teaching and learning during clinical placement.

Precise timetable:
5 min – Introductions, announcements, agenda, meet your neighbor
20 min – Paper 1. An explorative study of the experiences of practice educators who have students with a
disability on placement
5 min – Paper 1. Questions and comments
20 min – Paper 2. Student voices following fieldwork failure: A phenomenological inquiry
5 min – Paper 2. Questions and comments
5 min – Quick stretch. Collaborate with a neighbor
20 min – Paper 3. Revealing reflective thinking during clinical placement through learning analytics
10 min – Paper 3. Questions and comments. Symposium summative comments. Participant dialog. Next steps.

3 Individual Abstracts follow