Speech and Language Therapy
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Medicine and Surgery
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Degree Code
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L/SNT2 – Healthcare Professions for Rehabilitation
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Language
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Italian |
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Admission
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National Admission Test – No 60 places
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| Venue | Ancona, Via Tronto 10/B, Torrette, 60126 AN – (30 places) Fermo, Via Brunforte 47, 63900 FM – (30 places) |
| Lectures | On site |
Features and aims of the courses
Our three-year Speech and Language Therapy course will prepare students for a career as speech and language therapists who work for the prevention, assessment and treatment of communication, language and swallowing disorders in patients of all ages. They can work in public and private centres. The course includes 25 integrated modules. 180 CFUs are to be acquired considering that 96 CFUs can be achieved through classroom sessions, 60 CFUs with a vocational placement at private or public rehabilitations centers and 24 CFUs through optional modules, professional laboratories, language and computer modules and thesis preparation. Graduates will have the opportunity to extend their studies and undertake LM/SNT2 master’s courses, and higher-level specialization courses.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Propaedeutic sciences (es. Statistics, Physics, Pedagogy)
- Biomedical science (es. Anatomy, Biochemistry, General pathology, Microbiology)
- Speech therapy sciences (i.e. Linguistics and Neurolinguistics, Psychology, Audiology and Phoniatry, Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, Neurology, Neuropsychology, and particularly, Theories and techniques of speech and language therapy)
- Interdisciplinary Sciences and Health Management
YOUR FUTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Speech and language therapists can work in multi professional settings dependently or independently in public and private health centres, such as:
- Rehabilitation centres
- Healthcare homes
- Spas
- Medical practices
- Service cooperatives
- At patients’ homes
STRENGTHS OF THE COURSE
The high employability after 1 year from graduation: 90% of the graduates found a job which they have studied for – versus 80% of the graduates in speech therapy in other university; the wide placement network for the vocational education – ratio placement supervisor / student = 1:1; long-standing relationships with international education institutions – our students can carry out a 3-month placement at excellent international health centres under the Erasmus program. The above-mentioned are only a few of the strengths of the course that account for the high satisfaction of the students for the skills and competences acquired. Students can spend 3-month-placements in excellent healthcare facilities.
CONTACTS
Course Coordinator:
Ancona – Prof.ssa Simona Luzzi
s.luzzi@univpm.it
Fermo – Prof.ssa Pasquapina Ciarmela
p.ciarmela@univpm.it
Ufficio Orientamento e Tutorato
Tel: +39 071 2203037 – 3038
orientamento@univpm.it
Links
Video
Webinar Open Day
08 apr 2022
Gallery
The course in numbers
90%
is the employability rate within the first year after graduation
95%
of Graduate students are satisfied with the study choice
84%
of students are satisfied with professors’ availability
96%
