Effects of Clinical Skills Training: Technology and Pedagogy for the Quality Virtual Classroom

Abstract

To date, the research regarding online delivery of clinical skills training remains limited while the practice does not. Particularly, a review of the literature revealed no studies examining the efficacy of online synchronized counseling skills training. Thus, more research is needed to explore counselor educators’ understanding and experiences in facilitating online clinical training, as well as students’ perspectives in receiving online clinical training and supervision (Chen et al., 2020). Based on this knowledge, we engaged in a pilot study to examine the effect of online clinical skills training when COVID-19 required in-person classes to move virtually. This article aims to share a distinct online pedagogy for facilitating synchronized and asynchronized clinical skills training and to provide recommendations for enhancing and assessing students’ clinical skills competencies in a virtual classroom based on the study results.