Proposal appropriate for submission to this topic area include undergraduate and/or graduate models of teaching and learning in higher education. Topics may include scholarship of teaching/training and models of academic and clinical education. Interprofessional education, practice, and/or research that addresses the implementation of interprofessional competencies within curricular or practice models should be included in this topic area.

Research

• Translational, applied, or implementation research related to academic and clinical education
• Statistics, research methodology, data analysis, quantitative and qualitative approaches 
• Securing research funding 

Professional Education

• Innovative curricular design
• Scholarship of teaching and learning
• Innovative models of clinical education
• Evaluation, assessment, and/or effectiveness of:
• Academic and clinical programs and/or teaching
• Student success, retention, and career planning
• Faculty-student collaborations
• Faculty development and workload
• Recruitment and admissions processes, including considerations for diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Models of higher education (academic and clinical) and evidence of their effectiveness (e.g., case-based, problem-based, service-learning approaches)
• Collaborative care outcomes specific to models of academic and clinical education
• Technology-supported academic and clinical education
• Considerations for cultural and linguistic diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic and clinical programs and/or teaching
• Descriptions of:
• Simulation with standardized and virtual patients
• Innovative curricular modifications of academic and clinical programs
• Curricular development of emerging programs (e.g., speech-language pathology and audiology assistants, clinical doctoral programs in speech-language-pathology and audiology)

Related Topics

Proposals involving academic/clinical education that have a primary focus on:

• Supervision/precepting education, research or practice should be submitted to the Supervision and Precepting topic area.
• Interprofessional education, practice, and research as they relate to cultural/linguistic diversity, equity, and inclusion should be submitted to Equity, Inclusion, and Cultural–Linguistic Diversity topic area.