‘You were instantly made to feel like part of the team.’—the impact of belongingness on students’ placement experiences

Hamshire, C.; Wibberley, C.

Abstract

Physiotherapists across the world routinely work with students and clinical placements are central to physiotherapy students’ education; providing a real-world environment in which students can contextualise the theory and skills they have been introduced to in academic settings. However placement learning has been previously identified as fraught with problems and a source of considerable stress (Bowden, 2008; Gibbons, 2010; Timmins and Kaliszer, 2002); with negative placement experiences causing students to reflect on their choice of career and, consider leaving their programme (Andrew et al., 2008; Bowden, 2008; Hamshire et al., 2011).

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Deposit Date: May 29, 2024
• Journal: Physiotherapy
• Print ISSN: 0031-9406
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-1465
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 101
• Pages: e516
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.3319
• Keywords: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation