The Future of Clinical Education: Opportunities and Challenges from Allied Health Deans' Perspective
Barbara D Romig1, Ann W Tucker, Anne M Hewitt
1Dep. of Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Health Professions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 65 Bergen Street, Rm 353, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA. Tel 248-622-7494. romigbd@shp.rutgers.edu.
Issue:
There is limited information and consensus on the future of clinical education and the key factors impacting allied health (AH) clinical training. AH deans identified both opportunities and challenges impacting clinical education based on a proposed educational model.
Methods:
From July 2013 to March 2014, 61 deans whose institutions were 2013 members of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) participated in a three-round Delphi survey. Agreement on the relative importance of and the ability to impact the key factors was analyzed. Impact was evaluated for three groups: individual, collective, and both individual and collective deans. AH deans' responses were summarized and refined; individual items were accepted or rerated until agreement was achieved or study conclusion.
Results:
Based on the deans' ratings of importance and impact, 159 key factors within 13 clinical education categories emerged as important for the future of clinical education. Agreement was achieved on 107 opportunities and 52 challenges.
Conclusions:
The Delphi technique generated new information where little existed specific to AH deans' perspectives on AH clinical education. This research supports the Key Factors Impacting Allied Health Clinical Education conceptual model proposed earlier and provides a foundation for AH deans to evaluate opportunities and challenges impacting AH clinical education and to design action plans based on this research.
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