Supervision in the Digital Age
Presented by Katrina E. Miller
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Nonfinancial: Katrina Miller is a board member of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH). She is also a contributing author to Cases on Communication Disorders in Culturally Diverse Populations. She has no other competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Supervisors of students and paraprofessionals in the allied health professions may not be aware of the ethical, moral, and privacy issues that may arise with the use of electronic media. This course will assist professionals in understanding the guidelines and regulations regarding the appropriate use of electronic media in the allied health professions from a clinical education perspective. The characteristics of digital natives and digital immigrants will be explored. This course will identify a variety of digital media and consider strategies that will assist with the reduction of electronic media abuse by student clinicians. Real-life scenarios, along with solutions, will be discussed by allied health professionals. This course is designed for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists who work with students and/or paraprofessionals.
Meet your instructor
Katrina E. Miller
Dr. Katrina E. Miller’s commitment to communication empowerment spans more than 25 years and has improved the lives of countless patients, as well as the more than 300 novice speech-language pathologists she has trained. As a college professor at North Carolina Central University, Dr. Miller founded the Neurogenic Aphasia…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Characteristics of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
This chapter explores the definitions and characteristics of digital natives and digital immigrants. Digital media tools and their functions will also be reviewed.
2. Clinical Scenarios: Part 1
This chapter will introduce clinical scenarios that focus on the inappropriate versus appropriate use of electronic media by allied health students. Solutions will be discussed in Chapter 4.
3. Regulations, Standards, and Guidelines for Social Media Use
This chapter will identify and discuss standards, guidelines, and regulations for electronic media use by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists. State and regional rules for students and paraprofessionals will be reviewed.
4. Clinical Scenarios: Part 2
This chapter will review and discuss the scenarios from Chapter 2. A panel of allied health professionals will discuss solutions and identify abuses of electronic media by students and/or paraprofessionals.
