A project which will put people with aphasia at the heart of designing, delivering and evaluating a series of teaching sessions for student SLTs studying at UCL
Project outline
With the help of people with aphasia, we plan to develop an evidence based, practical guide to designing aphasia teaching sessions for trainee SLTs, together with some recorded teaching resources.
We intend to make this freely available to clinical educators across the UK and beyond.
Our overall aim is to enhance and enrich the way student Speech and Language Therapists learn about aphasia.
Project background
This project builds on work carried out in 2023/24 by a team of 3 UCL SLT students who consulted with 13 people with aphasia, 13 family members and 10 Speech and Language Therapy students. Together they established a consensus on principles for the inclusion of people with lived experience of aphasia in education and training.
Methods
The current project team consists of 2 UCL SLT students, 2 clinical supervisors, and a group of people with lived experience of aphasia. The team will use the above mentioned guidelines and principles to create content and agree on methods of delivery for 5 aphasia teaching sessions, planned for autumn /winter 2024/25.
The teaching sessions will be evaluated. Learning outcomes and impacts for students, educators, and people living with aphasia will be collected, interpreted and disseminated.
Anticipated impactÂ
This project will contribute to a neglected area of research. It has potential to influence the methods and practices of clinical educators in Speech and Language Therapy across the UK and internationally.
We hope that the wider population of people with aphasia will gain from being treated by Speech and Language Therapists who have a more comprehensive understanding of the condition as a result of better education in the future.
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