SLPA 607 - Medical Aspects of Speech Language Pathology (2)

This course will be offered as an interprofessional course with nursing students and other health care majors. The focus of the course will be to introduce the student learner to the world of healthcare in terms of medical abbreviations, pharmacology, communication within healthcare environments, and ethical considerations. The student will also be exposed to computer simulation patients where they will experience hands-on care with tracheotomies, ventilators, oral and nonoral communication tools, respiration, and swallowing. Offered: Fall.