Interprofessional Education — MS-SLP Testimonials
Students in the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) don’t learn in isolation. Working with occupational and physical therapy classmates, students see where the professions overlap and how each one can support the others.
Interprofessional education builds understanding in both directions. SLP students learn what other professions bring, while OT and PT students learn about speech-language pathology in return. The back-and-forth between disciplines is where the value lies, as it mirrors how clinicians collaborate in the workforce for the client’s benefit. For some students, that collaborative approach is one of the most eye-opening parts of the program.
For future SLPs, it’s early practice in the team-based care that most clinical settings depend on, where knowing what each colleague brings makes the whole team work better.
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Interprofessional Education — MS-SLP Testimonials
[00:00:00] Stephen (SLP Student): I really enjoy working with the other disciplines. [00:00:04] Sheryl (SLP Student): I really enjoyed that collaborative approach. [00:00:07] Tanya (SLP Student): I learned a lot of working with the OTs and PTs, seeing what kind of overlaps there are and how we can support each other. [00:00:17] Vanessa (SLP Student): Being able to intermix with them and learn about their profession while they learn about ours has been a great experience. [00:00:22] Helena (SLP Student): Being able to understand better what each profession brings in. [00:00:25] Clarissa (SLP Student): The different perspectives of the different professions. How we can all collaborate in the workforce. [00:00:32] Stephen (SLP Student): Having that back and forth banter between OT and PT and us, how we can interact together for the betterment of the client. [00:00:39] Sheryl (SLP Student): That was really eye-opening.
