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In 2004, ASHA, via its then Focused Initiative on the PhD Shortage, established a grant competition for innovative models of PhD education in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). The faculty at the University of Cincinnati (UC) were willing to take the challenge and were awarded the $50,000 grant. We initiated...
In the discipline of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), intervention research aimed at informing clinical practice has proceeded for nearly a century now without a clear set of expectations about what the necessary, or at least desirable, steps ought to be to develop foundational knowledge that can later support inferences...
Distance education and online learning are no longer considered cutting-edge. It is now common for academic programs to offer online course work and distance education options within the curriculum. The CAA has been including distance education in its accreditation since at least 1998. There are a number of programs in...
In 1990, Ernest L. Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and a former ASHA member, published the groundbreaking Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. The framework for recognizing and valuing different types of scholarship, including the scholarship of discovery, of integration, of application, and...
Many of us audiology types are curious people. We got into the field because we care about people, about good communication, and about both the science and the humanity of how hearing loss affects lives. We’re curious about what works and what doesn’t, and most of all we wonder “why?”...
There is a growing emphasis on interprofessional education in health care as a result of research demonstrating the benefits of interprofessional collaborations in health care that require continuous interaction, coordinated efforts, and knowledge sharing among health care professionals. Proponents of interprofessional collaborations define this practice as enhanced collaboration, wherein each professional’s...
The NIH does provide grant money for international research projects, international research collaborations, and international research training via the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in Health Sciences. The Fogarty Center has many international research and international training grants available. For example, the Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award,...
Telemedicine (telepractice) is defined as the provision of health services over a telecommunications network. In practice, telemedicine uses high-speed interactive video and remote computing applications to provide speech-language and hearing services to consumers living in underserved areas. Responding to the growing utilization of telemedicine technology, ASHA published position statements and...
Distance education and online learning are no longer considered cutting-edge. It is now common for academic programs to offer online course work and distance education options within the curriculum. The CAA has been including distance education in its accreditation since at least 1998. There are a number of programs in...
Securing adequate extern sites, supervisors and preceptors with adequate skills and knowledge in clinical education; adequately assessing student performance in clinical settings, enabling academic and clinical faculty in university programs to better support student learning; ensuring that students receive exposure and training across an ever expanding scope of practice and...