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Speakers and participants at the speech-language pathology summit addressed four critical questions:
- What are the historic, current, and emerging contexts, challenges, and opportunities for consideration as we prepare the future SLP? Trends highlighted include the emergence of distance education, clinical doctorates in related professions, and an expanding scope of practice.
- Given our understanding of the evolving profession, how should we define the ideal SLP of the future? In addition to specialty training, these professionals will need intellectual curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, life-long learning, and competence with evidence-based practice.
- What are the essentials of preparing future SLPs? Fundamental considerations include case-based and problem-based learning; increased use of technology to streamline and extend instruction; sharing academic resources with allied disciplines on and among campuses through the creation of professional learning communities and partnerships between academic programs.
- What are the possible models for the education of future SLPs? Future models should include a national set of pre-requisite courses, development of clinical fellowship mentors, and improved use of technology.
Web Chats
ASHA invites you to join colleagues around the nation to discuss issues raised at the forum and forge a vision for the future education of SLPs through discussions held in conjunction with the series in The ASHA Leader. The first of four online chats will take place May 3 from 7-9 p.m. EDT, and will be facilitated by Tommie Robinson, chair of the SLP Summit. The Web events will be held in the ASHA members-only discussion forums and are available free of charge. Visit the forum at the scheduled time.
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