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Formal Ethics Education In Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Jennifer N. Gaylord
Formal Ethics Education In Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students, Jennifer N. Gaylord
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
Ethical service provision is an essential foundational skill for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and is fundamental for maintaining the integrity of the profession of speech-language pathology. While practicing speech-language pathologists are required to complete formal ethics training during each certification maintenance interval, there are no guidelines set forth as to the amount and type of training for graduate students in speech-language pathology. This quasi-experimental investigation compared the effect of ethics training embedded within a curriculum to formal ethics training on the ethics knowledge and self-reported comfort levels of first-year graduate students in speech-language pathology. Two equal, non-randomized groups of participants completed …