Overview
Overview
Diagnose and treat people with communication impairments including speech, language and stuttering, and difficulties relating to swallowing.
This course will develop your understanding of typical and acquired communication development, swallowing disorders and clinical practice in speech pathology.
Your first year is interprofessional and taken with other health sciences students. In your second year your studies will focus on three streams: human communication science, clinical science in speech pathology, and research methods.
You can apply your learning during supervised clinical practice in the on-campus clinic and in professional practice settings. You must complete the fieldwork requirements before entering clinical placements in third year.
Speech Pathology students undertake over 900 hours of clinical training prior to graduation.
- Speech Pathologist (Aus)
What you'll learn
- apply knowledge of human communication science to the delivery of speech pathology services and research in diverse and changing settings
- critically analyse information to plan, implement and evaluate speech pathology services and research
- locate, extract and critically appraise evidence and information from a range of resources to solve theoretical and applied problems in human communication science
- demonstrate excellence in written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills appropriate to the discipline within a legal and ethical framework
- use technologies relevant to the human communication sciences to inform clinical practice and research
- understand and implement varied learning strategies, and take responsibility for ongoing professional and personal development
- incorporate and demonstrate awareness of global or international perspectives in health care to clinical practice and research in speech pathology
- demonstrate awareness of and respect for individual human rights and cultural diversity
- independently and collaboratively apply professional skills in an ethical manner across a range of professional settings
