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Communication Disorders Clinical Competency Evaluation

Purpose: To give the student who has obtained 250 hours of clinical experience an opportunity to demonstrate his/her skills and obtain feedback concerning those skills.
 
Format: The student will be assigned to two supervisors for the evaluation. The student should arrange a convenient time with those supervisors, to meet to discuss the client and schedule the five sessions. The evaluation involves five one hour sessions. The student will evaluate the client's communication abilities and complete enough trial therapy to write comprehensive goals and objectives (i.e. as if planning for a semester's therapy).
 
Requirements:
  1. A client will be chosen by the clinician from the files available from the client coordinator.
  2. The clinician will read the client's folder and prepare a written proposed plan of action to be distributed to the supervisors.
  3. A re-evaluation conference will be held with the supervisors in which the student discusses the plan of action.
  4. A written lesson plan will be discussed in conference with the supervisors prior to conducting at least one day of trial therapy.
  5. A conference will be held with the supervisors prior to a client or parent conference.
  6. An evaluation report is due within 48 hours of the last client contact.
  7. A written set of goals and objectives are due within 72 hours of the last client contact.
  8. A follow-up conference will be held with supervisors to receive feedback concerning overall experience.

Clinical Competency Evaluation Report

Pass: The behaviors observed constitute that of an independently functioning student clinician. (176 or more points out of total possible points of 220.)
Fail: (132-175 points) Continued guidance was needed to competently evaluate and plan for a given client. Evaluate another client to demonstrate student's clinical competency.
 
(Below 132 points) Complete added course work and/or additional clinical practicum in area of weakness before trying another case to pass this clinical competency evaluation.

Rev. 3/98


University of Nebraska at Kearney Program of Communication Disorders
Clinical Competency Evaluation

Student: __________________________________
 
Supervisor: ________________________________
 
Date: _____________________________________

Client: _________________________________
 
Disorder: _______________________________
 
Age: ___________________________________

5 Excellent
4 Good
3 Average
2 Minimal
1 Poor
N/A Not Applicable
Planning Clinical Skills  5   4   3   2   1  N/A
A. Read folder and knew contents            
B. Did background reading in disorder area            
C. Read and learned tests needed            
D. Determined areas to be evaluated            
E. Determined formal and informal tests to use            
F. Determined additional information to obtain from client            
G. Had materials, room, etc. prepared in advance            
H. Plans incorporated logical sequence            
Testing A. Administered formal tests appropriately            
B. Scored formal tests appropriately            
C. Interpreted formal tests appropriately            
D. Recorded informal test data            
E. Interpreted informal results appropriately            
F. Presented tests in logical order            
G. All relevant areas were tapped            
Therapy A. Reinforcement and structure kept client attentive, involved, and succeeding            
B. Tasks sequenced from simple to complex            
C. Pretest-teach-retest paradigm was used            
D. Conveyed to client an understanding of what he was working on and why            
E. Feedback was descriptive (i.e. led client to an understanding of the desired response)            
F. Materials were appropriate            
Objectives A. Goals chosen were appropriate (no glaring omissions)            
B. Objectives were well sequenced            
Conference A. Conference topics were discussed with supervisor in advance            
B. Arrangements were made for care of client            
C. Used questioning appropriate for obtaining unbiased opinions            
D. Kept the conference "on the track"            
E. Presented information in logical sequence            
F. Used language the listener understood            
G. Made frequent checks of listener's interpretation of information given            
H. Answered questions appropriately            
Report Writing A. Conference reports, evaluation reports and letters were written            
B. Grammar was correct and professional            
C. Content was accurate and appropriate            
D. Organization conveyed information in the most efficient and effective manner            
E. Neatness and spelling acceptable            
Procedures A. All time limits were met            
B. Client information was not removed clinic            
Personal Skills A. Established good rapport with client and family            
B. Was perceptive of client failure, frustration, needs, etc.            
C. Was prompt            
D. Communicated in cooperative way with supervisor            
E. Was appropriately dressed            

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