A Survey Study on Professional Knowledge and Competency in Infants and Toddlers' Feeding and Swallowing Disorders for Speech-Language Pathologists
| Autor: | LEE, KAO MING, 李高銘 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 107 The purpose of this study was to investigate the professional knowledge and competency in infants and toddlers’ feeding and swallowing disorders（ITFSD） for speech-language pathologists（SLPs）. The participants of the study were 125 speech-language pathologists. The instrument of the study is a questionnaire developed by the researcher entitled ’professional knowledge and competency in infants and toddlers’ feeding and swallowing disorders for speech-language pathologists’. The main results of this study were as below: 1. The SLPs’ professional knowledge and competencies in infants and toddlers’ feeding and swallowing disorders are close to confidence. 2. The oldest SLPs’ ITFSD professional knowledge and competencies scores are significantly higher than the youngest SLPs’ scores ; the SLPs with longer job experiences have scores significantly higher than those with less experiences. 3. Part of SLPs had experiences with ITFSD during their internships ; the most common way to absorb professional knowledge is by taking continued education lessons. 4. Preterm infant is the most common group of patients with cases of infants and toddlers’ feeding and swallowing disorders. |
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