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national and local levels. Nicole highlights that there can be a conflict between evidence-based practice and reality. This inclusion of evidence from the practice context in the definition of evidence-based practice legitimises the challenges many of us face in real-world practice contexts, but particularly over the last two years as we all responded to a rapidly changing clinical and education landscape. In “Top 10” tips, the SPICE team share some very practical advice on optimising student learning opportunities, particularly when time and resources are limited. In the “Resource review”, Jodie Connolly reviews a new book on clinical education in speech pathology, which may be particularly useful for clinicians looking to embark on clinical education for the first time. Thank you to all of the authors who submitted their papers to this issue, and to the editorial committee and publications team who bring this journal together so seamlessly. It has been a pleasure being guest editors of this issue, and we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed bringing it together. Andrea and Kelly

As well as these excellent papers, the J CPSLP editorial committee has put together columns that explore the topic of clinical education. In “Ethical conversations” David Kinnane, Helen Smith, and Donna Dancer discuss ethical issues for speech pathology students and their supervisors in a private practice setting. Their perspectives provide some thought-provoking ideas on speech pathology students as allied health assistants and highlight the differences between voluntary work and clinical placements. “Around the journals” this issue includes reviews of four key references in this area. We also have a new column— “Featured researcher”—which provides a profile of a researcher (relevant to the theme of the issue). This issue we have a profile of Elizabeth Bourne. You can read the profile in the issue or listen to the whole interview in an audio format. We hope you enjoy the option to read and listen to the interview. This issue’s “Evidence matters” column includes part 1 of a four-part series by Nicole McGill delving into the four sources of evidence. This article focuses on the addition of practice-based contexts to the sources of evidence-based practice, including at the international,

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JCPSLP Volume 23, Number 3 2021

Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology