Featured Questions from Access Academics & Research

Higher Education in CSD

• What are the details and status of the University of Cincinnati's innovative approach to PhD education?
• What is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL)? What resources has ASHA developed for faculty in communication sciences and disorders?
• What is the latest information on PhD Education?
• I am a clinician interested in research. How can I learn how other audiologists have obtained funding opportunities to support audiology and hearing science research?
• What is the status of audiology education today?
• Why is greater emphasis being placed on interprofessional education in health care? What impact will it have on the education of audiologists and speech-language pathologists?
• What does the speech-language pathologist or audiologist need to know about genetics when conducting assessments?
• What information is available to faculty and students on distance education and online learning?
• What resources are available to assist faculty with integration of clinical practice and research in education?
• What are the greatest challenges facing clinical educators in audiology and speech-language pathology today? How are ASHA and others addressing the challenges?
• What should I know about telehealth and telepractice? How does telepractice apply to audiology and speech-language pathology?
• What aspects of cultural competence are unique to higher education, researchers, and educators of future professionals?
• What are the changes in IDEA '04 and their potential impact on current and future school-based speech-language pathologists?
• How is ASHA Addressing Recruitment Needs of the Discipline?
• Why does the audiologist or speech-language pathologist need to be concerned about the global field of communication sciences and disorders?

Research

• What is the focus of the 19^th Annual NIDCD-Sponsored Research Symposium?
• What are the phases of intervention research?
• What Is Translational Research?
• What resources exist beyond Institutional Review Board (IRB) guidelines to ensure research integrity in my own work and in the work of researchers that I mentor?
• What funding and resources are available for international research?
• What are some things ASHA does to share cutting-edge research with members?
• Don't most researchers who participate in collaborations "just do it"? Why should researchers think explicitly about the process of collaboration at all?
• What resources are available regarding research and clinical management of older Americans? What information will be useful to educators and students?

Funding and Award Programs

• What are the AARC and SPARC Award Programs? What value do they offer to faculty and students?

Data and Statistics

• Where can I go to find data related to the professions? What data collecting and reporting tools does ASHA have at its disposal?
• What is the Higher Education Data System (HES)? What is EdFind? How and why will it be of value to students, faculty, and ASHA members?

Evidence-Based Practice

• What system of levels of evidence should be used in communication sciences and disorders?
• What are the basic steps involved in evidence-based practice?
• How is Evidence-Based Practice applied in communication sciences and disorders?

Faculty Careers

• Mentoring students and colleagues is integral to the professional life of faculty and researchers in CSD. What programs and resources are available through ASHA that will allow faculty and students to take advantage of the benefits of mentoring?
• What is the value of completing a postdoctoral fellowship, rather than immediately accepting a faculty appointment after graduation? What resources are available in searching for and/or funding a postdoctoral opportunity?