Unit 1 Aphasia Notes Flashcards

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what makes an excellent clinician?

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  • engage in life-long learning
  • engage in best practices
  • culturally responsive
  • participate actively in interprofessional collaborative practice
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life-long learning

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  • every-changing social and political forces in the field
  • on-going research
  • maintain required CEU’s and beyond
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engage in best practices

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  • determine resources to provide EBP
  • be skeptical of what is out there, always check sources
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culturally responsive

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  • increasing multiethnic diversity
  • minoritized people experience health disparities, lack of clinicians with cultural linguistic abilities to serve adds to the issue
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interprofessional collaboration: principles of interprofessional collaborative competencies

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  • personal/family centered
  • relationship focused
  • community oriented
  • evidenced based strategies for assess/tx
  • applicable across professions
  • stated in language that is common and meaningful across professions
  • outcome driven
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topical areas within interprofessional collaboration

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  • values and ethics
  • roles and responsibilities
  • interprofessional communication
  • teams and teamwork
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values and ethics: competencies

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work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values

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values and ethics: examples of subcompetencies

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  • place the interests and needs of the people they are serving at the center of care
  • maintain confidentiality in team-based care
  • respect people’s dignity and privacy
  • develop trusting relationships with individuals, families, and other team members
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roles and responsibilities: competencies

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use the knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of patients and to promote and advance the health of populations

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roles and responsibilities: examples of subcompetencies

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  • recognize limitations in skills and knowledge
  • communicate clearly about scope of practice and related roles and responsibilities to patients, significant, others, and team members
  • work collaboratively to ensure “safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable” care
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interprofessional communication: competencies

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communicate with patients, families, communities, and professionals in health and other fields in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease

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interprofessional communication: examples of subcompetencies

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  • optimize use of communication tools and techniques to enhance team effectiveness
  • communicate in an effective, understandable way, avoiding specialized professional jargon
  • engage in active listening with other team members
  • encourage expression of ideas with other team members
  • use respectful language in challenging discussions and conflict resolution
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teams and teamwork: competencies

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apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient-/population-centered care and population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable

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teams and teamwork: examples of subcompetencies

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  • develop a consensus among team members about roles and best practices in collaboration
  • manage disagreements constructively
  • evaluate, reflect on, and continuously improve overall team performance and the collaborative performance of individuals on the team
  • support collaborative work with evidence-based practice
  • share accountability with people served, other professionals, and others in the community or environment for prevention and health care outcomes
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unhelpful clinicians

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  • treatment practices that do not correlate to gains
  • lack of attention to information
  • can the individual understand what you are telling them?
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aphasiaologist

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  • “professionals who specialize in research and/or clinical practice in aphasia”
  • also experts in related neurogenic cognition, speech, and swallowing disorders
  • helps to differentiate someone who specializes in the area vs. SLP which covers spectrum of areas
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credentials for an aphasiologist

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  • medical doctor practicing as a clinical aphasiologist
  • specialization in neurology, neuropsychiatric, or physiatry
  • some choose to also pursue an entry level SLP degree with their medical degree
  • SLP pursuing the PhD in SLP or a closely related area to the above mentioned specialities