Medical offsite placements for graduate students in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) are increasingly difficult for speech-language pathology (SLP) programs to attain. Some suggest that may be, in part, due to the perception of student ambiguity, clinical skill deficits, and poor overall self-efficacy. This leads to difficulty for universities, which are required to provide diverse clinical placements prior to graduation. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of structured training on the self-efficacy of graduate students in medical settings, in order to determine if training would have a significant effect on self-efficacy.
