Course syllabus for Dysphagia and Acquired Communication Disorders - Practice Integrated Learning

Dysfagi och förvärvade kommunikationsstörningar - verksamhetsintegrerat lärande

Essential data

Course code: 2LG114
Course name: Dysphagia and Acquired Communication Disorders - Practice Integrated Learning
Credits: 12
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Speech and Language Pathology
Level: G2 - First cycle 2
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
Decided by: Education committee CLINTEC
Decision date: 2022-10-10
Revised by: Education committee CLINTEC
Last revised: 2024-10-14
Course syllabus valid from: Spring semester 2025

Specific entry requirements

Students may lack no more than 15 credits from preceding semesters within the Study Programme in Speech Language Pathology. They must also have passed the course Voice and Fluency Disorders - Practice Integrated Learning (semester 5).

Examination

Activities in the theme Professional development are assessed through active participation in compulsory activities. A summative examination of completed training in the clinical placement (clinical education and learning, auscultation) implies assessment of achieved intended learning outcomes according to a special instrument, oral examination seminar and passed compulsory activities.

For a pass grade in the clinical/practical education (placement), the following is required, based on a specific assessment: completion of records, application of knowledge and skills according to the expected learning outcomes and the ability to cooperate. In the assessment, a professional attitude in the meeting with the patient/user, relatives and other staff is also taken into consideration. This assessment is made in relation to the semester the student is attending

Students who do not pass the clinical placement have the right to re-take the specific module once. After two failed placement periods in the same course, students can apply for an exemption from the educational board at the department to complete the course once more.

The examiner may, with immediate effect, interrupt a student's clinical placement (or equivalent) if the student demonstrates such serious deficiencies in knowledge, skills or attitude that patient safety or patient confidence in healthcare is at risk. If a clinical placement is interrupted in this way the student is deemed to have failed that element and to have used up one clinical placement opportunity. In such cases, an individual action plan should be set up, where it is made clear which activities and examinations are required before the student is given the possibility to participate in a new placement on this course.

Transitional provisions

Possibility to carry out the course with the intended learning outcomes of this course syllabus and planning will be provided during a time of two years after a possible close-down of the course.

Other directives

The language of instruction is Swedish, but learning activities in English can occur. Students are expected to follow the routines for hygiene and work clothes that are stated in the clinic where they are placed.
Course evaluation will be carried out according to the guidelines established by the Board of Higher Education.

Literature and other teaching aids

  • Grundbok i logopedi, ISBN: 9789144181370, LIBRIS-ID: l4mk0zxjj5m2cvjv,
  • Hartelius, Lena, Dysartri - bedömning och intervention: vid förvärvade neurologiska talstörningar hos vuxna, 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2015 - 246 s. ISBN: 978-91-44-11069-1, LIBRIS-ID: 18542065,
  • Papathanasiou, Ilias; Coppens, Patrick, Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders, Third edition. : Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2022] - 688 pages cm ISBN: 9781284184099, LIBRIS-ID: jxzm60b6g6prmqs8,
  • Assessing and treating dysphagia: a lifespan perspective, Suiter, Debra M.; Gosa, Memorie M., New York : Thieme, [2019] ISBN: 9781626232143, LIBRIS-ID: bn6vd0368fxb5ns6,