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Research

Building the evidence on practitioner business success

Clinical competence and career success are not the same thing. GROW coordinates independent-minded research into how health and wellness practitioners are prepared for professional life, and what happens after they qualify.

Why we research

Closing the gap between qualifying and thriving

Qualifying as a practitioner takes substantial clinical learning. Building a sustainable career brings further challenges: finding clients, managing finances and navigating self-employment.

Our research brings together three perspectives: training providers, practitioners themselves, and the mentors, tutors, supervisors and coaches who support them. Together they give a clearer picture of current practice and where support falls short.

Current studies

Three studies, one picture

Graduate Success Benchmark

Graduate Support Survey

For training providers

How do training providers prepare and support graduates for professional life?

  • 20 questions, about 5 minutes
  • Covers all five stages of graduate support
  • Participating providers receive a comparative score
Register your organisationMethodology

Graduate Success Benchmark

Practitioner Success Survey

For practitioners and graduates

What happens after qualification, and how does business preparation relate to career outcomes?

  • About 5 minutes, no account required
  • Open to graduates from the past ten years
  • Current and former practitioners welcome
Take the surveyMethodology

Business Skills Transfer Study

Business Skills Transfer Study

For mentors, tutors, supervisors and coaches

What business questions do practitioners bring to the people who support them, and how are they answered?

  • About 5 minutes, mostly multiple choice
  • Personal support snapshot and practical guide
  • Welcome even if you don't give business support
Take part in the studyMethodology

The framework

Five stages of graduate support

The Graduate Success Benchmark examines the whole journey, from before enrolment to graduate follow-up.

  1. Stage 1

    Before enrolment

    Realistic expectations about professional and financial life.

  2. Stage 2

    During training

    Essential business knowledge and practical preparation.

  3. Stage 3

    At qualification

    Support with the transition into practice.

  4. Stage 4

    After qualification

    Access to relevant business development.

  5. Stage 5

    Graduate follow-up

    Understanding graduates' experiences and outcomes.

These stages form an evidence-informed framework for examining graduate support. They are not presented as independently proven determinants of career success.

Research integrity

How we keep the research honest

  • Every study uses supplier-neutral questions.
  • Taking part doesn't require or imply endorsement of GROW products or services.
  • GROW also provides business education to practitioners and training organisations. We disclose this as a potential conflict of interest.
  • The studies are observational: they describe current practice and cannot prove that a particular support practice causes better outcomes.
  • Comparisons are only shown once enough responses exist to protect privacy.

See the evidence base behind the GROW Formula®

Help shape better support for practitioners

Each study takes about five minutes. Please share them with colleagues who could take part.
Graduate Success BenchmarkBusiness Skills Transfer Study