Context: The field of athletic training promotes cultural competence education to prevent negative consequences in health care that can result from a lack of cultural awareness. While prior studies have assessed cultural competence among faculty, students, and athletic trainers, no study has specifically focused on preceptors. Objective: The…

Simulation practices are growing in both popularity and necessity within speech pathology programs. Simulation use can serve to not only minimize client risk but to increase student confidence and competence prior to patient contact, particularly with low incidence or medically fragile patients. This paper describes and reflects on four individual…

This survey aimed to identify the extent and types of preservice training that Oregon speech-language pathologists received with language-disordered adolescents, and to describe the types of services these clinicians provide. A total of 229 Oregon speech-language pathologists was surveyed, with a response rate of 55% (n=125). Responses showed that…