Clinical placements for speech and language therapy - Part 3: The views of the practice educators and service managers

RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

In this episode we talk to practice educators and service managers about the importance of placements to them and the profession:

• Tracey Day, Independent Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), paediatric, plus Practice educator
• Emma Ferris, Practice educator, plus SLT Lecturer and Academic Lead for Practice Education, University of East Anglia
• Eleanor Douglas, SLT in the Adult Learning Disability team, NHS Lothian. Experienced as both Placement coordinator and as a Practice educator.
• Carolyn Hawkes, Service Lead, West Edinburgh and supporting author on new guidance, and previous practice educator.

This is the third and final episode in a short series of podcasts in which we explore how placements are evolving, the impact of the pandemic, and how we hope to create more placements in the future to meet the needs of the profession.
The recently launched new guidance for practice-based learning can be found here (note that this is open access so non-members can see it too).
The interview is conducted by Jacques Strauss, freelance digital producer.