Medical Setting Resources

The Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) Medical Committee promotes current practice information, education, high-quality resources, and collaborations and networking related to medical speech pathology across the state of Texas.

We have been working hard to keep you up-to-date with current practice information and education in medical practice settings. The 2022-2023 Medical Committee members included Jesus Santibanez, Lori Taffet, Alyson Ware, Sharon Wilson, Christine Charmichael, LaKia Abron, Kelly Leddy, Zeth Collom, Teresa Drulia, Co-Chair Julian Garcia, Co-Chair Ashley Brown, and Graduate Student Kimberly Gomez.

ASHA Health Care Survey

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) conducts the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Health Care Survey to gather information about professional issues related to health care-based services. The survey includes information such as types of settings, caseload characteristics, practice trends, and much more. Results from the survey are presented on the ASHA website.

Medical Review Modules

The TSHA Medical Committee has developed a series of short PowerPoint modules focused on medically based topics ranging from pediatrics to adult clinical care, technically based aspects of documentation as well as professionalism, ethics, mentoring, and networking. These modules are excellent resources for the new graduate looking for a career in a medical setting or for the clinician who may be transitioning to a medically based setting.

View Modules

Module 1: Technical Aspects - PowerPoint | Test
Module 2A: Aphasia and Cognition - PowerPoint | Test
Module 2B and 2C: Dysphagia, Trach and Vent Care and Motor Speech - PowerPoint | PowerPoint | Test
Module 3: Medical Career - PowerPoint | Test
Module 4A and 4B: Ethics and Professionalism - PowerPoint | PowerPoint
Module 5: Mentoring & Networking - PowerPoint | Test
Module 6: Infant Feeding - PowerPoint | Test
Module 7: Pediatric Feeding - PowerPoint | Test
Module 8: Coding - PowerPoint

Medical SLP Work Settings

Are you are looking to transition into the area of medical speech pathology? Each issue of the 2020 Communicologist will feature a “Day in the Life” article with snapshots of what you might expect to encounter during a typical workday in the six most common medical practice settings.