“…Features of collaborative learning include interdependence, face-to-face interaction and discussion, individual accountability, and focus on group process to promote skill development (Cohn, Dooley, and Simmons 2002). Collaborative fieldwork began to appear in the early 1990s (Mason 1998), and has gained increasing acceptance in recent years (Thomas, Penman, and Williamson 2005) in response to fieldwork placement shortages (Rindflesch et al 2009). There is also some qualitative evidence that suggests there are increased educational benefits when collaborative models are used, such as superior attainment of student professional competencies (DeClute and Ladyshewsky 1993, Martin et al 2004, O'Connor, Cahill, and McKay 2012.…”