Seminar in Medical Speech Pathology

School of Medicine

This advanced seminar will discuss the scope of medical speech pathology with emphasis on the practice of speech-language pathology as it impacts health status across the continuum of care. In this course, students will have the opportunity to explore the scope of medical speech pathology across the continuum with attention to special topics such as pharmacology and brain imageing. There will be a focus on interprofessional roles and practice. The concept of competency and specialty practice will also be addressed. Standards of evidence-based practice will evaluated as they apply to this sphere of practice.