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Over the past several years, the ASHA Journals program has grown and developed quite a bit. This growth is in keeping with the rapidly changing scholarly publishing environment and in support of ASHA’s strategic goals to improve knowledge translation between research and practice. As part of this evolution, the ASHA...
Graduate programs in the discipline of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) are looking toward technology—specifically, simulations—to meet the clinical education needs of students (Dudding & Nottingham, 2018). This change is occurring at a time when programs are facing challenges of program expansion, availability of off-campus supervisors and preceptors, and expectations...
Critical thinking is recognized as an essential knowledge and skill for the preparation of our future professionals (see, e.g., ASHA, 2015). Instructors can help students develop these skills by explaining why critical thinking is important, providing opportunities to learn and practice the components of critical thinking, and implementing instructional strategies...
Clinical Research—It’s Relevant Audiologists are evidence-based practitioners. We are challenged to work in an evolving field with rapid advances in technology and changes in health care practices. It is imperative that clinicians remain abreast of current research in audiology to ensure the highest quality of hearing services to our patients....
In fall of 2016, the Academic Affairs Board (AAB) of ASHA interviewed 73 of the 76 directors of PhD programs in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) in the United States. The AAB report,Programs in Communication Science and Disorders: Innovative Models and Practices [PDF], is available on the ASHA website. Some of...
Interprofessional education (IPE) is an essential part of graduate education in the discipline of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) to prepare future speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to function as full members of interprofessional collaborative practice (IPP) teams and demonstrate the added value contributed by SLPs. This article describes the graduate IPE...
It is always a pleasure to connect with program directors as they consider the ways clinical education fits within the larger structure of a department’s mission and vision. Working in an educational environment has a real “student first” thrust to it, and, it is one that we all understand. Often,...
Clinical Research—Considering Implementation as a Goal Evidence for the efficacy of assessments and treatments of communication disorders has increased over the years; so, too, has the need to learn how to move these protocols into practice. Investigators are becoming increasingly aware of the need and the processes involved in impacting...
Updated December 2018 Implementation science: Definition and role in advancing evidence-based practice Key concepts for understanding implementation science Domains and methodologies that enhance or overlap with implementation science More resources on ASHAWire Funding opportunities Organizations, trainings, and conferences Journals Books Seminal articles (Open Access)
...For as many years as I have been involved in education of audiology students, the curriculum has been “evolving,” as we like to say at Iowa. Early on, we defined our scope of practice and developed tests and tools of the trade. As technology advanced, and the ethics of our...