The UK education of overseas students in speech and language therapy.
Informal evidence suggests that many overseas speech and language therapists (SLTs) either do not return to their home country on qualification or do not work as SLTs in the public sector. Many factors may contribute to this situation. However, concern that it may result in part from a poor match between UK SLT education and the demands of the role in other countries, led the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) to fund a study of overseas SLT students' experiences of UK qualifying courses. The study involved questionnaires and interviews with current students and those qualifying since May 1994. The focus of this paper is the respondents' experiences of studying and working in the UK, their views of the advantages and disadvantages of working in their home countries and the UK and supportive strategies that UK universities and other agencies might adopt. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Marshall
J
J
Human Communication and Deafness Group, University of Manchester, M13 9PL. Julie.Marshall@man.ac.uk
Goldbart
J
J
Phillips
J
J
Evans
R
R
D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel; D006801:Humans; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom