Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators Conference 2018

Bella Ross (Speaker)
Grieve, A. M. (Speaker)
Ta, B. T. (Speaker)

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Description

A sustainable institutional approach to placements for international students

Period	1 Jul 2018 → 4 Jul 2018
Event type	Conference
Location	Hobart , Australia, TasmaniaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

Social work education
Social work placement
Clinical placement supervision
Field education
International students
Field education supervision

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Ross et al. 2018
File: application/pdf, 4.1 MB
Type: Text

In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the number of international students studying health professional degrees such as social work in Australia. Research indicates that perceived extra time and effort is required by field educators to support international students on placement due to, for example, language barriers and cultural and educational differences. This presentation reports on the findings from a nationwide research project investigating the experiences and support needs of field educators supervising international social work students on placement. The data consists of 16 in-depth interviews and 197 survey responses from field educators’ experiences of supporting international students on placement. One of the themes to emerge from the research is that field educators feel pressure from universities to take on international students and help them pass their placements, yet they also feel they lack university support to do so adequately. They cited a dearth of both contact and coordination between their agencies and universities, as well as a clear understanding of the university’s expectations of their supervision. Many field educators call for closer contact between agencies and the universities than is currently offered. Such findings suggest that, in order to sustainably maintain quality placements for international students, institutional support for, and collaboration with, field educators is required. This presentation will explore how field educators can best be supported prior to, and during, placement from their agencies and partner universities.

Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators Conference 2018

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Outputs

Transitioning to meeting the professional development needs of supervisors of international social work students in Australia

Improving clinical communication skills for international students using inclusive pedagogies

Placement Educators’ Experiences and Perspectives of Supervising International Social Work Students in Australia

Helping international students get work-ready through placement supervisor training

Supporting placement educators to supervise international students through cross-cultural learning opportunities

Task supervisors’ and field educators’ experiences of and attitudes toward supervising international social work students in Australia

Prizes

Advancing Women's Research Success Grant

Activities

International Conference on Communication, Medicine, and Ethics 2019

Changing Places: Health, Social Work and Community Placements