Welcome to the Clinical Education Committee (CEC) web page!  We are a group of ASAHP members who are committed to working on issues related to clinical education in our allied health fields. 

The CEC’s mission is to conduct literature reviews and research for ASAHP on behalf of deans and other stakeholders to improve and strengthen the value of health science clinical education programs to ensure safe, quality, cost effective care.

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History & Major Accomplishments

Initiated at the October 2011 ASAHP annual conference, CETF came together to address what some saw as an impending crisis in clinical education.

Our most recent product is the set of five recommendations. These are action strategies and potential approaches to develop scholarship regarding clinical education are offered in our white paper and manuscript:

  1. Develop meaningful strategic partnerships with healthcare organizations to prioritize evolving needs for current and future healthcare.

  2. Assess and integrate interprofessional competencies throughout the course of study to meet contemporary competencies for efficient and effective interprofessional practice (IPP).

  3. Incorporate effective use of healthcare technology into allied health education and practice.

  4. Advocate within and among healthcare systems, higher education leadership, accreditation and professional organizations, and governmental agencies to foster and support IPP competencies and effective cross-discipline referrals to improve client/patient care.

  5. Drive excellence in clinical education through promotion of research and scholarly activity.

These five recommendations will serve as our strategic goals for our 2021-2022 projects.

Membership

Membership is open to any faculty or staff at an ASAHP member institution or industry partner. The Task Force meets once a month on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 1pm ET. View CETF’s previous and current membership.

Educational Opportunities

The CETF is currently in development of their educational opportunities for the 2021-2022 academic year. If there are specific topics of interest for a webinar or online discussion, please submit them here. On-demand webinars and presentations are available by clicking below.

Resources & Publications

Papers, presentations, and resource bibliography relating to clinical education selected by ASAHP CETF members. Topics within the resource bibliography include accreditation, simulation, quality of healthcare, interprofessional education, clinical education sites, among several others.