This research used a three-round Delphi technique to attain agreement on the purposes of clinical education, the key opportunities and challenges impacting clinical education, and the future (2018-2023) of clinical education. The Delphi panel consisted of 61 deans whose institution was a 2013 member of the Association of School of Allied Health Professions. Over eight months, from July 2013 to February 2014 and through 3 rounds, the AH deans expressed opinions about clinical education and its future. High agreement was achieved on the purposes of clinical education resulting in a comprehensive definition and goals of clinical education. For each Delphi round, AH dean responses were collected, coded, and analyzed; items were accepted as key factors, re-rated until agreement was achieved, or the study concluded. Agreement was achieved on key factors that could be identified as opportunities (n = 107) or challenges (n = 52) for AH clinical education. The Delphi research supported the clinical education categories identified in the Key Factors Impacting Clinical Education conceptual model (O’Sullivan Maillet & Romig, 2011-2013, p.105). Based on the results, an additional clinical education category of Population Health was added to the model and explicitly added in Clinical Education Models and AH deans. The AH deans categorized the key factors they could impact individually and/or collectively. The relationship the most realistic and most preferred case scenarios had on the key factors provided a deeper analysis into the future. Further prioritization of the key factors is the suggested next step.
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Health Sciences
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Paramedical education
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Clinical medicine--Study and teaching
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by Barbara D. Romig
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