Speech and Language Therapy 36 months Undergraduate Programme By University of Milan |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

MedicineMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Medicine

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The main goal of the Speech and Language Therapy degree programme is to train future speech and language therapists who will have the intellectual, gestural, communication and interpersonal skills needed to practise this profession, as provided for by the Professional Profile, Code of Ethics, Core Competence and Core Curriculum of the speech and language therapist.

To this end, the degree programme equips students with contents, methods and tools, to enable them to acquire, reinforce and responsibly and autonomously apply the following knowledge and skills:

- advanced theoretical knowledge, resulting from a critical understanding of the principles of speech and language therapy;

- practical skills to perform the responsibilities of speech and language therapists (prevention, observation, evaluation, comprehensive assessment, counselling, treatment, speech habilitation, rehabilitation, education and re-education, as well as monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of interventions and adjusting them accordingly);

- communication and interpersonal skills to responsibly manage therapeutic relationships, work in an interdisciplinary team, and treat a number of conditions affecting communication (verbal and non-verbal), speech (oral and written), voice, articulation, oral functions and swallowing, cognitive and frontal lobe functions, in children, adults and the elderly, through interventions aimed at individual patients or the larger community.


By the end of the degree programme, graduates in Speech and Language Therapy will have acquired knowledge and understanding in the following areas: professional liability, treatment and rehabilitation, therapeutic education, prevention, management, training and self-training, evidence-based clinical practice and research.


Moreover, they will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and understanding to build a rehabilitation setting for therapeutic treatment, and ultimately to perform a whole set of interrelated activities directed to the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of speech sound, swallowing, language and communication disorders in children, adults and elderly patients.


Notably, graduates in Speech and Language Therapy will be able to:


1. integrate their biomedical and clinical knowledge and overall expertise in applied rehabilitation and speech therapy to identify the health needs of patients and plan their treatment pathway;

2. communicate and engage with patients in a way that is appropriate to the context, while respecting their privacy and the principle of professional secrecy;

3. combine the theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquired during the programme in order to implement safe, effective and evidence-based rehabilitation interventions;

4. provide educational interventions by identifying, analysing and meeting the health needs of individual patients and the community;

5. promote and implement preventive interventions by using screening tools for the early detection of speech sound, swallowing, language and communication disorders;

6. determine and promote best practices in terms of compensation strategies and behaviours to change or reduce the level of disability;

7. conduct clinical interviews with a view to collecting and interpreting data in order to identify the patient's speech sound, swallowing, language and communication characteristics;

8. draw on the principles of speech sound and language production, communication and swallowing to evaluate these abilities in patients;

9. apply evidence-based clinical data and standardised assessment tools to plan educational rehabilitation models for the prevention and treatment of speech and language disorders in patients of all age groups;

10. adopt specific tools and procedures for the evaluation and comprehensive assessment of speech and language disorders in patients of all age groups;

11. design, develop and implement therapeutic and rehabilitation plans with measurable and achievable objectives, considering the patient's age, language and cultural background;

12. contribute to drafting and implementing the rehabilitation plan;

13. organise and carry out the rehabilitation programme to achieve the therapeutic goals;

14. monitor adherence to the rehabilitation programme, as well as its outcome, in an ecological perspective;

15. measure and assess the patient's performance, in collaboration with the other members of the interdisciplinary team, so as to monitor and adjust the therapeutic plan according to the patient's needs;

16. provide speech and language therapy services in accordance with the highest quality standards, taking into account legal and ethical implications as well as the patient's rights;

17. analyse research findings in speech and language therapy and apply them to professional practice.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Medicine

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The main goal of the Speech and Language Therapy degree programme is to train future speech and language therapists who will have the intellectual, gestural, communication and interpersonal skills needed to practise this profession, as provided for by the Professional Profile, Code of Ethics, Core Competence and Core Curriculum of the speech and language therapist.

To this end, the degree programme equips students with contents, methods and tools, to enable them to acquire, reinforce and responsibly and autonomously apply the following knowledge and skills:

- advanced theoretical knowledge, resulting from a critical understanding of the principles of speech and language therapy;

- practical skills to perform the responsibilities of speech and language therapists (prevention, observation, evaluation, comprehensive assessment, counselling, treatment, speech habilitation, rehabilitation, education and re-education, as well as monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of interventions and adjusting them accordingly);

- communication and interpersonal skills to responsibly manage therapeutic relationships, work in an interdisciplinary team, and treat a number of conditions affecting communication (verbal and non-verbal), speech (oral and written), voice, articulation, oral functions and swallowing, cognitive and frontal lobe functions, in children, adults and the elderly, through interventions aimed at individual patients or the larger community.


By the end of the degree programme, graduates in Speech and Language Therapy will have acquired knowledge and understanding in the following areas: professional liability, treatment and rehabilitation, therapeutic education, prevention, management, training and self-training, evidence-based clinical practice and research.


Moreover, they will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and understanding to build a rehabilitation setting for therapeutic treatment, and ultimately to perform a whole set of interrelated activities directed to the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of speech sound, swallowing, language and communication disorders in children, adults and elderly patients.


Notably, graduates in Speech and Language Therapy will be able to:


1. integrate their biomedical and clinical knowledge and overall expertise in applied rehabilitation and speech therapy to identify the health needs of patients and plan their treatment pathway;

2. communicate and engage with patients in a way that is appropriate to the context, while respecting their privacy and the principle of professional secrecy;

3. combine the theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquired during the programme in order to implement safe, effective and evidence-based rehabilitation interventions;

4. provide educational interventions by identifying, analysing and meeting the health needs of individual patients and the community;

5. promote and implement preventive interventions by using screening tools for the early detection of speech sound, swallowing, language and communication disorders;

6. determine and promote best practices in terms of compensation strategies and behaviours to change or reduce the level of disability;

7. conduct clinical interviews with a view to collecting and interpreting data in order to identify the patient's speech sound, swallowing, language and communication characteristics;

8. draw on the principles of speech sound and language production, communication and swallowing to evaluate these abilities in patients;

9. apply evidence-based clinical data and standardised assessment tools to plan educational rehabilitation models for the prevention and treatment of speech and language disorders in patients of all age groups;

10. adopt specific tools and procedures for the evaluation and comprehensive assessment of speech and language disorders in patients of all age groups;

11. design, develop and implement therapeutic and rehabilitation plans with measurable and achievable objectives, considering the patient's age, language and cultural background;

12. contribute to drafting and implementing the rehabilitation plan;

13. organise and carry out the rehabilitation programme to achieve the therapeutic goals;

14. monitor adherence to the rehabilitation programme, as well as its outcome, in an ecological perspective;

15. measure and assess the patient's performance, in collaboration with the other members of the interdisciplinary team, so as to monitor and adjust the therapeutic plan according to the patient's needs;

16. provide speech and language therapy services in accordance with the highest quality standards, taking into account legal and ethical implications as well as the patient's rights;

17. analyse research findings in speech and language therapy and apply them to professional practice.

Admission Requirements

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To be admitted into the degree programme in Speech and Language Therapy, a candidate must have a secondary-school or similar diploma obtained overseas and deemed equivalent, in accordance with Ministerial Decree no. 270 of 22 October 2004. Admission into the programme is capped, at a national level, pursuant to Law no. 264 of 2 August 1999. The number of students who may be admitted is set each year pursuant to a decree of the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR), based on findings provided by the university in terms of available instructional, classroom, and clinical resources (human and otherwise), as well as the demand for the type of professionals contemplated for this Class as determined by the Region of Lombardy, and the Ministry of Health. The admission test (there is one exam for all Healthcare Degree programmes) is developed and approved on a yearly basis by the University in accordance with the administration method and timetable set by MUR. The admission test is a multiple-choice examination which is generated in accordance with a programme generated by MUR. It will be held on a date set by the MUR for all Italian universities (generally in September).
Students will be permitted to enrol based on a national ranking for those taking the admission test, and following a review of the physical exam certifying they are fit for the specific tasks required of the profession. Students are admitted provisionally, with full admission granted following receipt and approval of their medical certificate by the affiliated healthcare provider for the location where the student's clinical practice will be held. Medical certificates will be reviewed annually. Medical reports and all health-related information must be kept on file in the student's chart at the aforementioned accredited healthcare institutions. For any incoming or outgoing transfer students, the student's full chart will be forwarded by the in-house physician for the affiliated healthcare institution.
Additional learning requirements (OFA) Students who answer less than 50% of the Biology and Chemistry questions on the admission test will be required to finish a set of additional learning requirements (OFA). These prerequisites may be met through specifically assigned remedial work. Any failure to complete the OFA will make it impossible for the student to sit the exam in: Life, Physiological, Morphological Sciences

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