From anatomical pathology technician to speech and language therapist
14 of the 73 essential skills of a speech and language therapist are already essential for a anatomical pathology technician — about 19% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 59
- would be new
- 19%
- of the target job covered
- 73
- essential skills of a speech and language therapist
What a speech and language therapist does
Speech and language therapists focus on the aetiology, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of communication and swallowing disorders in people of all ages in order to help them maintain, promote, improve, initiate, or recover the ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally. They address the development of language, speech, vocal and hearing functions, and disorders and disabilities in the cranial, facial, and oral area.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- medical informatics
- pathology
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
59 skillsEssential for a speech and language therapist and not for a anatomical pathology technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply organisational techniques
- audiology
- audiometry
- behavioural neurology
- conduct research on speech-related topics
- contribute to continuity of health care
- counsel on communication disorders
- counsel patients on improving speech
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose speech disorders
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate the psychological impact of speech problems
- exercise patience
- facial gymnastics
- first aid
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- health care legislation
- hearing loss
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- linguistics
- lip reading
- listen actively
- logopaedics
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke
- medical terminology
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- movement techniques
- neurology
- neuropsychology
- organise relapse prevention
- otorhinolaryngologic conditions
- paediatrics
- perform therapy sessions
and 19 more
Other moves from anatomical pathology technician
2 roles- biomedical scientist17 skills in common
- orthoptist14 skills in common
← anatomical pathology technicianspeech and language therapist →The other way round
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How far are you from being a speech and language therapist?
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