This is the second in a short series of podcasts in which we explore how placements are evolving, the impact of the pandemic, and how we hope to create more placements in the future to meet the needs of the profession.

In this episode we talk to three speech and language therapy students about the importance of placements to their education:

- Vivian Wong, Masters student, Reading University. Presented at an RCSLT event last year giving student perspectives on challenges and opportunities for best practice in on clinical placements. 
- Kerry O’Sullivan, Masters student, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Writing her Masters thesis on, 'What makes a positive placement experience for SLT students in the UK.'
- Ruth Filer, SLT student, Leeds Beckett University, recently collaborated on a toolkit for technology enabled care services for practice learning. 

The recently launched new guidance for practice-based learning can be found here  https://www.rcslt.org/members/lifelong-learning/practice-based-learning/ (note that this is open access so non-members can see it too).

The interview is conducted by Jacques Strauss, freelance digital producer.

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