SPED4203 – Evidence-based practice in speech and language pathology
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Evidence-based practice (EBP) in speech language pathology is the integration of the clinician’s expert opinion, scientific and clinical evidence, and the client or caregiver’s perspectives.?
In this course, we discuss challenges, possibilities, and methodological considerations within speech and language EBP.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
After completing the course, you should have gained:??
Advanced knowledge and understanding of the challenges of EBP within the different areas of speech and language pathology??
Advanced knowledge and understanding of methodological considerations when reading research??
Skills
After completing the course, you should be able to:??
make methodological and ethical considerations in assessment and interventions in speech and language pathology.??
critically appraise and report systematically on research literature?
critically appraise the transition between research and clinical practice within different work- and cultural settings in speech and language pathology.?
General competence?
After completing the course, you should?be able to
disseminate principles of EBP in an interdisciplinary context?
Admission to the course
Requires admission to the master’s programme in?Research in Special Needs Education or the master’s programme in Special Needs Education. Other master's students at UiO can be admitted if there are available places.?This course is also open for international exchange students at master's level with a relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent.
The course is compulsory for students on the specialisation Logopedi.
Recommended previous knowledge
SPED4201
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with SPED4200 – Fordypning i logopedi.
Teaching
The course consists of:
lectures
seminar: journal club??
Compulsory components:
- Group presentations - oral and/or video
Attendance at seminars?
The compulsory components must be completed and approved before you are allowed to take the exam.
Guidelines for attendance in compulsory teaching sessions.
Examination
Individual oral exam.
Language of examination
Scandinavian language or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail.?Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students with an approved reason for absence or who do not pass the ordinary exam will be given the opportunity to sit a postponed exam/resit exam. The postponed exam/resit exam is usually held within three months after the ordinary exam.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.