Professional Development for the Whole Team
by Karla Washington (@comokarwash)I entered graduate social work education in 1998. St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire broke the single-season home run record that year. Hearings were held regarding the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, and C éline Dion released a duet with R. Kelly, forming a collaboration that probably sounds preposterous to most people younger than 25. On the technology front, social media as we know it today was years away (Mark Zuckerberg was only 14). Google itself was less than a year old. Its corporate headquart ers were in a garage.Fast forward to 2018. I used Google to obtain 10...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - August 18, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Tags: social work social worker The profession washington Source Type: blogs
Exploring education and training in relation to older people ’s health and social care
This report evaluates the education and training landscape for the workforce that cares for older people in the UK. Produced with the Dunhill Medical Trust, the report finds a need for tailored training, more continuing professional development, and for more recognition and incentives for those choosing a career in health and social care for older people.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 14, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Source Type: blogs
Making Today ’s Media Environment Work for the Professions—and You
Most ASHA members would like to see communication sciences and disorders (CSD) professions featured in the news. Some have taken this desire a step further and have reached out to the media (print or on-air) in their communities to discuss topics they care deeply about.
Others want to do so, but don’t know where to start or what resonates with reporters.
So what are reporters interested in hearing about? “Old school” still works: government statistics on communication disorders, new research findings, an awareness month or week—to name a few examples.
In past columns, I provided advice on how to take these popular ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - August 13, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Francine Pierson Tags: Advocacy Audiology Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
The most effective teachers turn to their colleagues for advice (while weaker teachers don ’t bother)
By guest blogger Bradley Busch
Teaching, it has often been said, is the one profession that creates all other professions. Therefore it is so important that we learn how to do it right. The ways that teachers learn from each other is likely to be an important part of this, especially how they discern each other’s expertise and whether they are inclined to seek advice and help from the most able.
A team led by James Spillane at Northwestern University has published a study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis that looks into these teacher behaviours. The researchers employed a mixed-method approach that spanned ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - August 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational guest blogger Source Type: blogs
Rewire, Don ’ t Retire: Volunteer Professionally
Instead of retiring from our careers as speech-language pathologists, my friend Claire Gilgannon and I decided to look for volunteer positions incorporating our skills as SLPs. That’s how we met. And here’s how we went about volunteering.
For both of us, our love of New York City combined with our interest in art led us to volunteer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We took a chance and YES! We still could learn a new skill even after 30-odd years of being SLPs!
Volunteer training at The Met is intense, but over about 18 months we successfully transitioned, almost without even being aware, into our new roles as to...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 30, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Heidi Katz Tags: Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Language Disorders Professional Development Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs
How to Find Child Care Programs as a Graduate Student
Are you considering going back to school to get your PhD? Or another degree in a different specialty? Many communication sciences and disorders professionals earn multiple degrees, but the logistics can create challenges.
Many parents face one particular roadblock. How do you find an affordable child care option? Here are some steps to find child care as a student, and a list of colleges offering programs just for parents.
Child care referral services
Caregiver referral services include Child Care Aware, Care.com and Nanny Poppinz. These services vet caregivers and help match someone to your needs. Referring agencies do an...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 25, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Steven Mehler Tags: Audiology Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
What Your Colleagues Learned at ASHA ’s Schools Connect 2018
Apraxia of speech assessments for nonverbal students. Ready-to-implement concussion-management strategies. Modeling voice changes for students. These are just some of the take-aways participants in “Schools Connect” look forward to immediately putting into practice.
Designed for speech-language pathologists who work in schools, health care and private practice, the annual ASHA Connect features hands-on, practical educational sessions that provide practical tools for attendees to use as soon as they get home. The 2018 conference, held last week in Baltimore,
The Leader asked some of the Schools Connect participants abou...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 23, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Events Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Apraxia of Speech Childhood Apraxia of Speech clinical fellowship Cognitive Rehabilitation Early Intervention Professional Development Traumatic Brain Injury Voice Disorders Source Type: blogs
What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
What’s New: A Preview of the July Issue
The July issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org. Highlights from the issue include:
The Current Use of United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 Scores: Holistic Admissions and Student Well-being are in the Balance
Moynahan discusses why using Step 1 scores to “screen out” residency applicants to invite for an interview has gained popularity and the unintended effects it has had on holistic admissions, student well-being, and medical school curricula.
Restoring Faculty Vitality in Academic Medicine When Burno...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - July 5, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Issue Preview burnout medical education medical student wellness professional identity formation Source Type: blogs
To thrive in tomorrow ’s economy, workers need to boost lifelong cognitive abilities
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The Cognitive Limits of Lifelong Learning (Project Syndicate):
“As new technologies continue to upend industries and take over tasks once performed by humans, workers worldwide fear for their futures. But what will really prevent humans from competing effectively in the labor market is not the robots themselves, but rather our own minds, with all their psychological biases and cognitive limitations…
Lifelong learning is supposed to provide the intellectual flexibility and professional adaptability needed to seize opportunities in new and dynamic sectors as they emerge, as well as the resilience to handle shocks in ...
Source: SharpBrains - July 5, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Peak Performance Professional Development cognitive limitations cognitive-abilities intellectual flexibility labor market Lifelong-learning minds psychological biases robots work Source Type: blogs
Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants Begin Developing New Certification Program
This past week, audiology and speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) descended on the ASHA national office with a mission: to take a first step in certifying assistants. Along with audiology and speech-language pathology assistant educators and supervisors, they began the process by analyzing and defining their core job tasks.
The ASHA Board of Directors approved development of the Assistants Certification Program in November 2017, with the certification tentatively scheduled for launch in late 2020. Among other charges, the program will:
Establish national standards for assistants.
Provide portability of credential...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 7, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bridget Murray Law Tags: Audiology Events Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Lifestyle and neurotechnology over genetics
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Dear colleague,
It’s remarkable how quickly things are changing, finally, in brain health and mental health — see for example what’s new with Interaxon, Akili, NeuraMetrix, Apple, Calm, Halo Neuroscience, Mindstrong Health, Novartis, Pear Therapeutics, and lifelong neurogenesis, all in the last 6 months!
Please enjoy the May edition of SharpBrains eNewsletter below, and consider joining the SharpBrains Virtual Summit this December to discuss the latest and help shape the next
New research:
Cognitive training, diet, exercise, and vascular management seen to improve cognition even in people w...
Source: SharpBrains - May 31, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Professional Development Technology Akili Apple Brain-health Brain-Imaging Calm Cognitive-Training dementia diet exercise Genetics Halo Neuroscience Interaxon lifestyle Mindstrong Source Type: blogs
Mastering Intensive Care 030 with Francesca Rubulotta
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Clinical simplicity, passionate leadership and educational innovation
In this week’s episode, you’ll hear an invigorating conversation with Francesca Rubulotta. This power-packed, enthusiastic, passionate, water polo-playing, Italian doctor, now living and working in London, UK, is seriously ambitious to help patients other than those in her ICU, mostly by advancing education using technological innovation.
Francesca is a Consultant and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecture...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Andrew Davies Tags: Mastering Intensive Care Andrew Davies educational innovation Francesca Rubulotta leadership Source Type: blogs
Give Input on Strategies to Enhance Postdoctoral Career Transitions to Promote Faculty Diversity
NIGMS has a longstanding commitment to train the next generation of biomedical scientists and support the training of students from diverse backgrounds, including groups underrepresented in biomedical research, through fellowships, career development grants, and institutional training and student development programs. These programs, and other efforts, have contributed to a substantial increase in the talent pool of well-trained biomedical Ph.D.s from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. However, increasing evidence shows that transitions of these talented scientists from postdoctoral training into indep...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 29, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Alison Gammie, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs and Dr. Michael Sesma Tags: Requests for Information Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Research Enterprise Postdoctoral Source Type: blogs
Learn More and Save the Date for the 2018 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 4 –6th)
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Imagine a videogame cleared by the FDA to treat ADHD, depression, or substance abuse — how will doctors prescribe it, patients access it, and insurers pay for it?
Imagine a free “annual brain check-up” — what may it look like, and how can it lead into personalized interventions to improve function and prevent/ delay/ treat cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Imagine being responsible for the health & wellness of a million people — how will you educate them to navigate most-likely-to-help interventions, such as breathing/ exercise/ meditation/ apps/ biofeedback/ tDCS to regulate stress?
Imag...
Source: SharpBrains - May 28, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Peak Performance Professional Development Technology adhd Alzheimers-disease biofeedback brain check-up cognitive-decline depression digital neurotechnologies Source Type: blogs
Your first meeting with a mentor
You extend a firm handshake and get ready to sit down at the table across from your mentor for the first time.
Woah, wait. Let’s back up to the legwork that should have happened prior to this meeting. First step, you found the mentor (see this post for practical ideas on how to find a mentor). Neither you nor the mentor have a lot of time — a frequent obstacle often cited in mentoring studies. Here are some tips on what to prepare before you sit face to face to make the most out of your meeting. Download a worksheet here to organize your notes as you go through the pointers below.
Get to know yourself
What do you want ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/joannie-yeh" rel="tag" > Joannie Yeh, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Medical school Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
