Clinical Education

Fieldwork

Sargent’s Occupational Therapy Students complete Level I Fieldwork at sites ranging from inpatient rehabilitation to day habilitation to community-based settings. One such program, Photovoice, uses photography, digital storytelling, and self-advocacy projects for socially excluded groups.

“I had the opportunity to develop relationships with participants, to learn about what community integration after their brain injury meant to them.”

—Intern Angela Viani (’17)

Intensive Treatment Program

In 2011, Sargent’s Aphasia Resource Center launched a rigorous four-week interprofessional Intensive Treatment Program to serve people suffering from aphasia. Led by BU faculty and clinical specialists, the program provides each participant with an iPad loaded with apps to help improve cognitive and language skills.

Since 2011:

 

25 people with aphasia participated in the program | 100% of participants demonstrated significant language improvement | 50 Sargent students received interprofessional training

Interprofessional Education (IPE) Committee

The interdisciplinary culture of Sargent College makes interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional practice (IPP) natural parts of our programs. Both IPE and IPP are increasingly important in the emerging health care landscape, and more formalized educational and clinical structures are bringing these innovative patient-centered approaches to our students and our patients.

“Throughout the course of the program, I learned the importance of reaching out to others, which sometimes felt a bit out of my comfort zone as a student, but in the end was the most beneficial to my client.”

—Athina Kalemos (’15)

Preschool Intensive Language Program

In 2015, Sargent launched the Preschool Intensive Language Program, a monthlong intensive intervention program offering daily individual and group therapy to four- and five-year-olds with language disorders. Through this work, speech-language pathology students develop expertise in cutting-edge approaches to language intervention. The program is hosted by the Boston University Academic Speech, Language & Hearing Center.

“The program is unique because of the intensive nature of the intervention and the specific combination of intervention approaches and parent training sessions.”

—Michelle Mentis, clinical professor of speech, language & hearing sciences