CMSD 5114 Interprofessional Practice

This graduate course focuses on the principles in working with professions outside the discipline of CMSD. The emphasis will be on the importance of educational and health professionals to understand the roles, knowledge and skills of allied professionals and how collaboration with other professionals advances speech, language, and hearing outcomes.

Registration Name

Interprofessional Practice

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Demorest: Spring, Athens, Spring 1 time per academic year

Student Learning Outcomes

Student learning outcomes and associated CAA-ASHA standards:

1. Students will develop awareness of the diversity of expertise that underpins effective interprofessional collaborative teams in educational and medical settings. (IV-D, G)
2. Students will analyze the positive and negative aspects of interactions between professionals and patients, families and communities. (IV-D, G)
3. Students will identify basic concepts of effective teamwork among professionals with an emphasis on communication and teamwork. (IV-D, G)
4. Students will explore real-life case examples to guide IPP. (IV-D, G)
5. Students will understand the impact of their own personality, preferences, and communication style on their performance as a team leader and/or team member.¬ (IV-D, G)
6. Students will understand the cognitive and value maps that characterize the roles of educational and health professionals the impact on interdisciplinary communication. (IV-D, G)
7. Students will evaluate the role of interdisciplinary teams in the context of the educational and medical settings. (IV-D, G)