First Bite #131 – January 12, 2021
The Art of Bridging Evidence into Practice
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
Course Description
In this episode, Michelle is joined by Rebekah Wada, ABD, MS CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology at Francis Marion University, who is a Doctoral Candidate in Disability Disciplines with a specialization in Speech-Language Pathology at Utah State University. Rebekah is here to share her passion for Implementation Sciences! If you’ve never heard about that branch of science before, or how it relates to Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology, don’t worry, we hadn’t either…but trust us when we say you will want to tune in…because y’all Rebekah is here to share the Holy Grail that is Implementation Science. In a nutshell, this is the hour where we learn how to easily and effectively bridge research into clinical practice, all with ease and laughter!
Objective
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
- What implementation science is as it relates to the field of Speech Language Pathology.
- 3 steps of implementation science.
- Ways to utilize implementation science in bridging research into clinical practice.
Co-Presenter
Rebekah Wada, ABD, CCC-SLP
Rebekah Wada is an Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology at Francis Marion University. She received her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Utah State University and is a Doctoral Candidate in Disability Disciplines with a specialization in Speech-Language Pathology at Utah State University. Her research focuses on the development of interventions for children with language disorders. She also specializes in implementation science with a focus on the effective implementation of evidence-based practices within the field of speech-language pathology.
