What's Inside
New SASS - UHNBC Aphasia Pilot Project
Director's Message
New CE Community of Practice Website
New Student Externship Handbook
Thank you Audiologists
Welcome new Clinical Faculty
Thank you from Jamie
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Elaina McCarron in front of the University Hospital of Northern BC
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New SASS- UHNBC Aphasia Pilot Project in Prince George
We are pleased to announce a new pilot project which was developed in partnership with the University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George. Funded by a small UBC Teaching Enhancement and Learning Fund, 8 SLP students will be in externships over April to July 2018 to run new outpatient groups for Northern B.C. people with aphasia. Under the leadership of Project Coordinator and Clinical Supervisor, Elaina McCarron MSLP SLP(C), Dr. Tami Howe and the Clinical Coordination Team at SASS, this student-involved clinic will provide a program for people with aphasia and their families based on Supported Conversation with Adults with Aphasia™. In addition, this project will also offer experiential learning in communicating with people with aphasia to students from Nursing, Medicine, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work and Pharmacy at UHNBC and will measure outcomes in their interactions with people with aphasia.
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As the School’s new Director, I am delighted to be in a position that will give me opportunities to acknowledge, support and learn from our Clinical Faculty community. My 20 years as a professor in the School has made me keenly aware and appreciative of the vital contributions Clinical Faculty members make in their roles as clinical educators of our students, collaborators with our faculty, and advocates for the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology. It is through your partnering with us that we will be able to meet the growing demand for services in speech-language pathology and audiology in BC and in Canada. We are particularly grateful at this time to the many clinical educators who have stepped up to the plate over the last couple of years as we increased our SLP student body (and concomitant need for more student preceptors). As a community of clinical educators, you are passing along your individual and collective knowledge, wisdom, skills, and passion to the next generation of professionals, and in so doing, promoting the greater good of communication health and well-being for all in society. I am honored and delighted to be a part of such a magnificent team! I look forward to meeting many (more) of you over the coming months and years in my Director role.
Jeff Small, Ph.D., Director & Associate Professor
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New Clinical Educators Community of Practice website
We are also pleased to announce the launch of the new Clinical Educators Community of Practice website at clinicaled.audiospeech.ubc.ca. Developed as a ‘one-stop shop’ for externship-related information and materials, it will populated in the months ahead with items that assist our clinical educator community.
Some of the resources currently available on this site include:
- Getting Involved
- SLP Orientation
- Clinical Faculty Resources (Handbooks and Awards, etc.)
- Preparation for students going out on externship
- Events
Please stay tuned for additions to the website.
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Introducing the New and Improved Student Externship Handbook
We are pleased to announce that the New Student Externship Handbookfor Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology students is available to all Clinical Educators. As the definitive student reference for all things externship, it is also the 'textbook' for our first year clinical preparation course. To view the handbook, please click here.
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We would like to formally thank all those audiologists who participated in the focus group this past year. The focus group's efforts will help our clinical coordination team fine-tune our handbook and resources for both new and experienced Clinical Educators.
Thank you for participating.
Whitney Anderson
Sarah Barnes
Christiane Basilio
Alvilda Douglas
Cheryl Lane Slobodian
Donald MacAskill
Andrea Richardson-Lipon
Naomi Smith
Michelle Smits
Brian Sung
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Welcome to our new Clinical Faculty in 2017
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Evelyn Allen
Whitney Anderson
Caitlin Annable
Heather Awmack
Jillian Baldwin
Lisa Ballantyne
Sarah Barnes
Tamra Bing
Heather Bishop
Robbyn Brodie
Jenny Bulk
Lauren Butters
Rachelle Kay Chen
Lauren Chidgzey
Kira Clarke
Laurel Cosford
Paulina Cunningham
Meaghan Delaney
Alyssa Dixon
Alvilda Douglas
Sarah Dowling
Thyra Driver
Carolina Escobar
Jennifer Frey
Shelley Gelineau
Mary Gibson
Caleb Harrison
Mayuri Hirani
Julia Hodder
Jessica Janssen
Maggie Johns
Lorraine Kamp
Amy Kazeil
Megan Kee
Janelle Kent
Mandy Koester
Katrina Kwan
Cheryl Lane Slobodian
Chelsea Leigh
Amanda Lenk
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Julie Lidstone
Stefanie Macaro
Donald MacAskill
Kristy-Anne Mackie
Valerie Marshall
Elaina McCarron
Leah McKeil
Lisa Mitchell
Jennifer Moore
Emma Moses
Keri Ng
Catherine O'Connell
Laura Oh
Jennifer Oomah
Stephanie Patterson
Justyn Pisa
Holly Plunkett
Andrea Richardson-Lipon
Riley Rosebush
Beverly Russell
Holly Rutherford
Brie Schindel
Cheri-Leigh Sewell
Mindy Simmill
Susan Sinclair
Tracey Sing
Rubeena Singh
Denise Skutshek
Jacqueline Smith
Daniela Stangherlin
Raina Stromberg
Jacob Sulkers
Brian Sung
Stephanie Sykes
Gillian Taylor
Tami Verklan
Kristopher Wan
Pamela Waterhouse
Celeste Woods
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As my first year at UBC's School of Audiology and Speech Sciences (SASS) has come and gone, I can't help but reflect on the people I've had the privilege of working with. The clinical educators I've met over this past year have been passionate and enthusiastic about their work. Your positive attitudes have made the biggest difference to me and my work at this school. Thank you all for your guidance and patience during my first year at SASS.
Jamie Baudru, Sr. Clinical Program Assistant
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More to Come...
Have an idea for something you want to read about in the next newsletter?
Contact Jamie Baudru at jamie.baudru@audiospeech.ubc.ca.
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