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Competency in paediatric dysphagia: a professonal requirement for speech pathologists in Australia
Author/Creator
Jakobs, Olivia M.;  Mathisen, Bernice A.;  Baines, Surinder K.;  Jones, Peter D.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
Although dysphagia competency with clients of all ages is a professional requirement for speech pathologists working in Australia (see the Competency-Based Occupational Standards, Speech Pathology Australia, 2001), undergraduate speech pathology students have overall less clinical and theoretical exposure to paediatric dysphagia than adult dysphagia. Except for Jakobs (2004) and Mathisen (2003, 2004), no researchers have explored the extent to which the speech pathology profession is equipped to meet the increasing demand for service provision in paediatric dysphagia across the Australian health sector. This paper highlights the need for tertiary institutions to increase clinical and theoretical training in paediatric dysphagia at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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2004 International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatics Congress (IALP 2004). 2004 IALP Congress Proceedings (Brisbane, Qld 29 August - 2 September, 2004)
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http://ialp.info/joomla/index.php?/General-Assembly/General-Assembly-2004.html
Date
2004
Publisher
Speech Pathology Association of Australia
Keyword(s)
paediatric dysphagia;  speech pathologists;  clinical training;  theoretical training
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/45031
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ISBN:187605078
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