title: Why are there so few ethnic minority speech and language therapists?
abstract: This report summarises the outcome of a pilot study to investigate the recruitment of ethnic minority students to speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and dietetics courses. The study also sought to identify factors contributing to the low representation of these students on the named courses through interviews and questionnaires to careers advisors, school students and course admissions tutors. Recommendations for changes in practice are made.
authors.affiliation: Leeds Metropolitan University.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stapleford
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Todd
mesh_terms: D004046:Dietetics / Q000193:education; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000193:education; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data