Clinical Education in Transition: Recommendations and Strategies: A Report of the ASAHP Clinical Education Task Force.

The practice models, interdisciplinary team functions, intersecting competencies, economies, and settings of contemporary healthcare are all in flux, demanding that educators reconsider traditional health professions clinical education models and partnerships. The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) and Allied Health (AH) deans, collectively and individually, must determine the priorities and strategies to advance AH education. This paper offers five recommendations that stem from a review of literature pertaining to current changes in the healthcare sector and higher education that challenge the availability of AH clinical education.