- School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, PO Box 170, 1825, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
- Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Studies and Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia
What is it like to be a clinical educator? How do clinical educators experience and describe their continuing journey of becoming a clinical educator? Within the model developed in this research, dimensions of being a clinical educator were identified. These dimensions include (a) having a sense of self (and the impact of bringing self into the clinical educator’s role), (b) having a sense of relationship with others (and the place of this “interactive self” as a central feature of clinical education), (c) having a sense of being a clinical educator (and how this understanding relates to the previous two dimensions), (d) having a sense of agency (which is vital to the performance of many clinical education roles), (e) seeking dynamic self-congruence, and (e) growth as a clinical educator. This paper presents an overview of the model, discusses its strengths and limitations as a representation of speech pathology clinical educators’ experiences, and briefly considers its value for professional development.