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The current educational model for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) was established when the master’s became the entry-level degree in 1963. Since then, the educational model for SLPs has evolved incrementally with standards being added periodically, such as the recently added knowledge and skills pertaining to interprofessional collaborative practice and clinical education/supervision....
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...
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...
The emergence of, and experiences with, entry-level clinical and professional doctoral degrees has resulted in a wide range of sentiments from clinicians and researchers in the fields of rehabilitation sciences, allied health, nursing, and medicine. These sentiments range from strong support to clear rejection and, in part, relate to (a)...
The cumulative 10-year completion rate for PhD students averages less than 50% in the United States (Council of Graduate Schools, 2008). Given the high level of personal and institutional investment required to support students for even 1 year in a PhD program, it is incumbent on graduate programs to lower...
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...
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