Course Code: REL-RTS-0-SLPSS
Hours: 2
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Define clinical supervisor and clinical educator.
Identify goals of the clinical education and supervision process.
Recall elements of a supervisory experience that appropriately supports the student or Clinical Fellow.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Preparing to Supervise
Overview
Your Role
Ensuring a Good Fit
Pre-Clinical Placement Details
Review
Summary
Section 3: Supervision for Billing and Documentation
Overview
Guidelines for Students
Payor Requirements for Student Supervision
Guidelines for CFs
General Documentation Guidelines
Review
Summary
Section 4: Effective Supervision
Types of Supervision
Approach to Supervision
Five Stage Model of Adult Skill Acquisition
Conscious Competence Model
Review
Summary
Section 5: Getting Started
Reducing Anxiety and Burnout
Initial Observation and Learning the Setting
Types of Feedback
Exposure to All Elements of the Job
Review
Summary
Section 6: Moving Toward Independence
Promoting Clinical Thinking
Mentor/Supervisee Interaction
Managing Poor Performance
Review
Summary
Section 7: Common Mistakes
Supervisor Mistakes
Supervisee Mistakes
Review
Summary
Section 8: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Instructor: Meghan Farrington, MA, CCC-SLP
Meghan Farrington, MA, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 23 years of experience in the adult setting. Meghan earned her Bachelor of Science in communication disorders from the State University of New York College at Fredonia and her Master of Arts in speech and hearing handicap from the State University of New York College at Geneseo. She has worked in the long-term care and sub-acute setting, but most recently in the acute and outpatient setting with the adult population. She is skilled in objective dysphagia assessments such as modified barium swallow studies (MBSS) and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallow (FEES). Her areas of focus include dysphagia, cognition, speech and language disorders, a variety of voice disorders including paradoxical vocal fold dysfunction and resonant voice, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) management, and head and neck cancer.
Writer: Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP
Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. She obtained her bachelor's degree in psychology from Jacksonville State University and her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from The University of Alabama. She worked with clients of all ages and a variety of diagnostic conditions in school, hospital, skilled nursing facility, outpatient clinic, and home health settings. In her previous role as a national clinical director for Aegis Therapies, she created training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology related to the clinical rehabilitation needs of older adults in post-acute care. She currently draws upon her expertise in her role at Relias as Lead Subject Matter Expert Writer for Speech-Language Pathology. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Introductory level Speech and Language Pathologists; in the following settings: Rehabilitation Settings.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.