Med SLP Inside Look | What Does A Med SLP Do?

Would you raise an eyebrow if someone told you a speech pathologist can help with brain surgery?

Or that they should understand urinary tract infections?

I know I didn’t when I first started out as an SLP.

Our field is broad- we can do more than most people realize!

Let’s dive a little deeper into what’s within the scope of medical speech-language pathology and what a day in the life of a Med SLP might look like.

Watch and Enjoy!
Theresa Richard

RESOURCE FROM VIDEO:
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KEY MOMENTS IN THIS EPISODE:
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00:00 What Does A Med SLP Do?
00:48 Med SLPs Are Not Limited
02:30 Med SLPs See Patients At All Points Of Life
05:03 Different Types Of SLPs

WHAT TO WATCH NEXT:
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Why Evidence Informed Practices Are Needed | Informed Evidence vs Based On Evidence;

ACCESS TO MEDSLP RESOURCES:
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Get my Amazon and Barnes & Noble Best Selling Book; So You're Having Trouble Swallowing:
The essential guide to basic swallowing, swallowing disorders, and navigating care.

Listen to the Swallow Your Pride Podcast:
Dive deeper into the issues that speech-language pathologists face when working with patients with swallowing disorders.

MedSLPEd (an approved ASHA CEU provider):
Offering live and recorded online courses that fill the gap between grad school and clinical practice. Each course is in-depth, goes far beyond the textbook rhetoric, and focuses on case-based learning.

MedSLP Clipboard Kit:
30 blind editorial reviewed resources written by 15 contributors with over 150 references to support its contents.

MedSLP Pediatric Clipboard Kit:
Get instant access to blind editorial-reviewed pediatric resources for Medical SLPs with references to support its contents.

ABOUT THERESA RICHARD:
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Theresa Richard, a medical speech pathologist for 15+ years, is a board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, and the founder and CEO of the MedSLP Collective and MedSLP Education. Theresa is also the mother of a son with severe disabilities who humbles her daily and is the inspiration behind all of the work she does in the world.

Theresa, host of Swallow Your Pride Podcast, has over 3 million unique downloads, and her book “So You’re Having Trouble Swallowing'' is an Amazon and Barnes and Noble best seller.

Theresa Richard, MA, CCC, SLP - Medical Speech Language Pathologist

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[chellseaallen]

This video is providing all the motivation I need right now! I'm halfway through my final paediatrics placement in a school setting and questioning if I'll really ever be happy as an SLP when I graduate in a few months, but then this popped up in my subscription box and it reminded me what I'm doing it all for - everything you covered in this video got me so excited and confirmed that my heart is totally in medical speech pathology! The SYP podcast has gotten me through the majority of my degree and now that I'm in my final year, I'm going to keep coming back to this video to remind myself of what I'm working towards :) Thank you Theresa!

[lukeselker]

Theresa, thank you for your insight and wealth of knowledge!
I'm an opera singer and voice teacher with a master's degree of music performance in voice, and a background in voice physiology and acoustics.

I'm thinking about branching out from my original career so that I can be home with my family more often, and I'm considering going back to school for an M.S. in SLP.

Do you see lots of openings in the field for people with a vocology background/ interest? I would love to do work helping people regain their speaking and singing voice, habilitation and rehabilitation.

Thanks again!

[KarenJackson-gt]

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