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Minimum 2 years, up to a maximum of 5 years
Blended learning — independent online learning with weekly interactive webinars, peer learning, two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester, and work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities throughout the course.
Full time or Part time
Semester 2
Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
TEQSA
Professional Body
Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)
Accreditation Status
AccreditedSkills Assessor
SPA (Speech Pathology Australia)
Course Content
Becoming an Allied Health Professional
Introduces you to an interprofessional framework and foundational concepts related to joining a regulated profession and that are shared across allied health disciplines.
Speech Pathology Practice 1
Brings together core fundamental speech pathology practice knowledge and skills and requires you to apply them in supervised practice with children and adults.
Communication and Swallowing Across the Lifespan
Provides foundational knowledge of human development, and communication and swallowing across the lifespan, to allow focus on developing clinical observation skills necessary for planning assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
Foundations of Speech Pathology
Introduces you to the speech pathology role supporting every individual's right to optimal communication and swallowing, and the foundational speech pathology theoretical, clinical reasoning and practice frameworks.
Speech Pathology Practice 2
Extends your core knowledge and application of concepts and skills developed in previous units and/or concurrently in CXA762 Optimising Language and Literacy and CXA763 Optimising Swallowing, Feeding and Voice.
Optimising Language and Literacy
Extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to language and literacy needs of individuals and/or communities.
Optimising Swallowing, Feeding and Voice
Consolidates and extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to voice, feeding and swallowing needs of individuals and communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
Explores how colonisation impacts the contemporary health situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their access to and engagement with health services. Cultural safety, self-determination, collaboration and anti-racism are central concepts.
Speech Pathology Practice 3
Continues to extend your core knowledge and application of concepts and skills developed in previous units and/or concurrently in Optimising Speech and Fluency and Optimising Cognition and Lifelong Disability.
Developing as Allied Health Collaborators
The second of three interprofessional units in the program, building on knowledge and skills related to public health, social determinants of health, ICF, biopsychosocial practice, client-centred care, client safety and quality, and interprofessional collaborative practice.
Optimising Cognition and Lifelong Disability
Extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to cognitive and lifelong disability needs of individuals and/or communities.
Optimising Speech and Fluency
Extends your knowledge and application of theoretical models and practice frameworks to understand, identify and respond to speech and fluency needs of individuals and/or communities.
Transitioning to Community-Based Allied Health Practice
Consolidates knowledge and skills related to collaborative leadership and public health and synthesises them with skills and shared frameworks critical for allied health professionals working in community-based settings.
Common Questions
No. While the course is delivered via blended learning with online and independent study components, students are currently unable to undertake the course from interstate. Placements each semester are organised close to where you are living in Tasmania only, and you must be available for two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester.
Graduates of the Master of Speech Pathology at the University of Tasmania are eligible for certified practicing membership of Speech Pathology Australia. The course currently holds Provisional Accreditation. For further membership requirements, prospective students are advised to visit the SPA website.
The course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements (PEP) in each semester of the program. These supervised professional placements are collocated to your place of residence where possible to help you build networks and connections for your future career. Block placements may occur across Tasmania. You must also meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before the census date of your first semester.
To graduate from the Master of Speech Pathology, a student must satisfactorily complete 200 credit points of study across sixteen (16) core units. The course is structured across four semesters over two years full time, with each unit carrying 12.5 credit points.
Speech Pathologists are in high demand across the health sector, with employment projected to increase in Australia by 16.6% by May 2028 and 29.0% by 2033. There is a huge unmet demand for this profession, which has seen 100% of the graduating cohort securing jobs before they have graduated. The qualification can lead to various job opportunities in Tasmania, Australia and overseas.
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