Understanding and optimising support resources to facilitate CALD student and supervisor allied health fieldwork experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although fieldwork supervisors and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students can experience challenges during allied health placements, there is little holistic understanding of how they view and use support resources to address these challenges. This study sought to identify, codify, and map the perceived value attached to support resources used or sought by CALD students and fieldwork supervisors and to ascertain areas where they could be optimised and better presented to users.

Methods

We conducted a thematic analysis to examine interview and open-ended survey responses from CALD students (n = 18) and fieldwork supervisors (n = 161) respectively.

Findings

The six generated themes depicted different patterns of perceived value in university an

SUBMITTER: Newton FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10414685 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature