Hands-on Education — MS-SLP Testimonials
On-campus residencies give students in the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) the hands-on practice that online coursework can’t provide. Students like Helena, Sheryl, Alexandra and Tanya spend that time in simulations, with equipment and expert faculty close at hand.
The simulations pull book learning together and connect the literature and evidence-based practice to what students actually do with a client. Access to materials, rooms and equipment makes a real difference, and for many students this is simply how they learn best. One student sees the residencies as essential, since without them there’s no getting to the top.
Anyone considering a program that combines online study with on-campus residencies will get a sense of how time on campus complements the coursework.
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Hands-on Education — MS-SLP Testimonials
[00:00:00] Helena (SLP Student): The hands-on aspect as a whole, it was just everything we needed that we didn’t have available to us online. [00:00:05] Vanessa (SLP Student): Without this, we can’t get to the top. [00:00:09] Sheryl (SLP Student): With the simulations, I thought it was really eye-opening. [00:00:12] Alexandra (SLP Student): You know, the simulations and all that hands-on experience really pulls together all the book learning that you’re doing, and it really makes a huge difference. [00:00:21] Tanya (SLP Student): Just having access to materials and faculty who are experts that are right there at your fingertips. [00:00:28] The hands-on experience really helped me because I’m putting and connecting those dots from what we learn in the literature, what we’re learning in the evidence-based practice. [00:00:35] Alexandra (SLP Student): Being in those rooms and having that equipment available to us was a blessing. [00:00:39] That’s how I learn the best. It was awesome.
