ERIC Number: EJ1250982
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Online Clinical Training in the Virtual Remote Environment: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions
Chen, Szu-Yu; Wathen, Cristen; Speciale, Megan
Professional Counselor, v10 n1 p78-91 2020
This article focuses on the clinical training aspects of a distance counselor education program and highlights what clinical courses look like in an online synchronized classroom. Using three courses as examples, including group counseling, child and adolescent counseling, and practicum and internship, the authors share unique challenges they have encountered and solutions they have adopted when training distance students on counseling skills. The authors further discuss pedagogy, teaching strategies, and assessments that have been utilized to engage diverse distance learners in synchronized class meetings in order to maintain equivalent quality and learning outcomes with traditional clinical training methods. Finally, the authors provide recommendations for future research to increase and solidify the reality of distance clinical training in counselor education programs.
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Counselor Training, Distance Education, Virtual Classrooms, Synchronous Communication, Educational Quality, Group Counseling, Skill Development, Practicums, Internship Programs, Masters Programs, Teacher Student Relationship, Technology Integration, Student Evaluation, Online Courses, Youth
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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