A sound understanding of potential costs and benefits associated with taking students on clinical placement is important when considering a private practice placement. Resources that consider the costs and benefits for undergraduate clinical placements include:
- Sax Institute (2015) Evidence Check: The costs and benefits of providing undergraduate student clinical placements costs and benefits of supervising undergraduate student clinical placements
- McBride etal (2018) Allied health pre-entry student clinical placement capacity: can it be sustained?
- ClinEdAus – Deciding to offer a clinical education placement
Working with students in private practice can provide benefits for you as a practitioner as well as your organisation. The following are links to some observed profession-specific benefits associated with student placements in private practice:
- For Clinical Educators
- For Occupational Therapy
- For Physiotherapy
