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Magnificent Era of Synchronicity The surge in global synergies over the past few years has increased the visibility of our field with globally focused research, education, professional opportunities, and service presentations at professional conferences for numerous Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)-related organizations. Student demand for global health experiences is growing,...
Just as the number of students with disabilities enrolled in higher education is on the rise nationally, so too is the number of students with disabilities who are drawn to speech-language pathology or audiology as a major. The legal definition for “person with a disability” is very broad, including students...
Over the past 12 years, the speech-language pathology program at Teachers College Columbia University (TC) has become known for its bilingual/multicultural program focus. To strengthen the program, the authors sought to offer an international experience incorporating clinical experiences with a strong academic seminar in a Spanish-speaking country. After an exploratory...
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...
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...
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...
One component of the strategic initiatives put forth by the National Institutes of Health (the NIH Roadmap) is an emphasis on translational research. The stated goal of this new focus is to provide cutting-edge treatment more quickly and efficiently to patients. Translational research refers to the process of moving research from the...
One of the central tenets of evidence-based practice (EBP) is that not all evidence is equal. Most of us will agree that the findings from some studies are much more persuasive than others. Does the famous saying about pornography, attributed to Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, “I don’t know how...