Module Code - Title:
SL6125
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PRACTICE EDUCATION 4
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
PF
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The aim of this final practice education module is facilitate the development of the clinical skills of the student in the assessment and management of the needs of service users across the lifespan in health & social care environments. The student learns directly from contact with an experienced practising speech and language therapist in a service setting. The placement enables the student to build and consolidate their professional competencies as they continue to learn and demonstrate professional skills and attitudes in the management of complex cases from referral to discharge. This module facilitates the development of competencies in readiness to practise as a speech and language therapist as per the requirements set by CORU, the regulating body.
Syllabus:
Students will apply practice knowledge of the speech and language therapy process whilst on their final placement through consultation and collaboration with an experienced qualified speech and language therapist. Students will consolidate their clinical reasoning skills related to the population in the practice setting where they are placed. Students will work towards advancement of entry level competencies regarding the speech and language assessment and therapeutic process.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Critique and apply evidence for speech and language therapy in an identified practice setting
Synthesise information relevant to the service user, the setting and practice developments and policies to inform the speech and language therapy intervention process
Justify clinical reasoning processes through the ability to prioritise, manage and evaluate appropriate interventions with a range of service users
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Display a professional commitment to lifelong learning.
Value self reflection as a means of critiquing their own performance and to further their professional development.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Manipulate and examine the mechanisms of speech and swallowing to a level appropriate to a final placement.
Display independent, safe and effective speech and language assessment and intervention skills in an identified practice setting.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The student will engage in learning within a specified health or social care setting under the supervision of an experienced speech and language therapist.
Additional support will also to be provided by staff within the University of Limerick.
Student learning will be experiential and there will be a mixture of service user contact, case discussions, tutorials and self-directed study with active encouragement of reflection on own practice. Students will justify their clinical reasoning process for the management of each service user with consultation from an experienced speech and language therapist.
Students will continue to maintain their clinical folder incorporating learning experiences, resources developed, reflections and clinical hours logs.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Higgs, J. Jones,M. (2008)
Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions
, Oxford: Butterworth- Heinemann
Bray, M., and Todd, C. (2005)
Speech and Language: Clinical Process and Practice
, London: Whurr
Roddam, H and Skeat, J., (2010)
Embedding Evidence Based Practice in Speech and Language Therapy,
, Chichester:Wiley-Blackwell
Ghaye, T. and Lillyman, S (2010)
Reflection: principles and practice for healthcare professionals, 2nd Ed
, London:Quay Books
Reilly, S. and Oates, J (2004)
Evidence Based Practice in Speech Language Pathology,
, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
MSSLTHTFA - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY (PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION)
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Summer
Module Leader:
Patricia.donnelly@ul.ie