Speech and Language Therapy
Wrexham University
UCAS Code: SL22 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
About this course
Why choose this course?
A degree in Speech and Language Therapy is brand new to North Wales. This course at Wrexham Glyndŵr University is the first to be designed in the wake of the pandemic, making it not only specialised in its content but also unique in its locality.
This course:
- Will integrate new technological and stimulatory advances to the profession into teaching and learning practices.
- Means graduates will be eligible for certification by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health Care Professions Council, allowing them practice as a certified SALT.
- Maintains a close working relationship with therapists in providing a professional education that is attuned to the needs of health and care provision in Wales.
- Be one of the first to ensure learners graduate with international parity among SALT graduates around the world.
- Gives graduates the ability to uphold a paediatric and/or adult caseload and can assess and treat patients with dysphagia as well as speech, language and communication needs, under supervision as a newly qualified therapist.
Key course features:
- Graduates are eligible for certification by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists upon successful completion of their Newly Qualified Practitioner year.
- The first course designed in the wake of the pandemic and therefore, has a large focus on technological and simulation enhances to the profession.
- A strong collaborative and inter-professional ethos that reflects the nature of the profession in a rapidly changing health, social and education context and the unique skill set the SLT brings to multi-agency teams.
- A balanced mix across the lifespan of paediatric and adults equips you with the clinical and professional competencies for eligible registration as a Speech and Language Therapist.
- Acknowledges contemporary issues in the workforce, enabling you to develop transferable skills for reflective practise and lifelong learning as leaders of frontline healthcare.
- The main delivery site for this course is our Wrexham campus. Occasional interprofessional education sessions may be delivered from our St Asaph campus with students from various nursing and allied health courses.
Modules
What you will study
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists outline five core capabilities of the SLT profession. They provide a focus for learning activities, the development of curricula and shared resources and delivery of the outcomes inherent in the vision for the workforce.
Communication
Partnerships
Leadership and Lifelong learning
Research and Evidence based practice
Professional autonomy and accountability
These will be embedded throughout the course to shape teaching and learning of the graduate.
Shared modules will have key themes such as leadership and research, motivational interviewing, professional practice and anatomy and physiology.
Further module detail coming soon.
Assessment methods
Teaching & Assessment
You will be assessed by a variety of methods including:
Practice Assessment and clinical portfolio
Written assignments
Presentations
Examinations
Teaching and learning
Wrexham Glyndwr University is committed to supporting our students to maximise their academic potential.
We offer workshops and support sessions in areas such as academic writing, effective note-making and preparing for assignments. Students can book appointments with academic skills tutors dedicated to helping deal with the practicalities of university work. Our Student Support section has more information on the help available.
In terms of particular needs, the University’s Inclusion Services can provide appropriate guidance and support should any students require reasonable adjustments to be made because of a recognised prevailing disability, medical condition, or specific learning difference.
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