Secondary outcome (students’ experience)
INTERACTION
Among the fifty students who were interviewed, only 30 interviews were analysed (15 from the synchronous group and 15 from the asynchronous group). Descriptive data of this subgroup is reported in Table 
Demographic characteristics of intervieweesLegend: Async, asynchronous; Sync, synchronous; W, woman; M, manAnalysis of the interview data generated four main themes related to speech therapist students’ experience at the placement following online asynchronous or synchronous courses: (1) ‘Different Forms of Learning Interaction’; (2) ‘Different Ways to Manage the Time’; (3) ‘To Be or Not to Be (Present)?’; (4) ‘Inspiring Relationships With The Peers’.