Welcome to all participants of the Gold Standards Summit 2009:
Transforming Clinical Education in Audiology! With the help of your input to our survey, the Summit has been structured to apply both a telescopic view to get the big picture of models of educating clinicians and an otoscopic view to examine what’s working well and what isn’t in audiology clinical training. You will work with the Summit planners to review and understand the current clinical education training model to learn which components and processes work best for the students. Once we understand the status quo, we can start to chart a course to process improvement. The Academy’s role in the Summit is to facilitate a meaningful and productive next few days for all participants.
We offer thanks and gratitude for the efforts of the planning task force that included Ian Windmill, Christie Yoshinaga-Itano, Maureen Valente, Loretta Nunez, Todd Ricketts, Jack Roush, Mikael Kimelman, Kris English, and Alison Grimes. In addition to the Academy members on the task force, there was representation from the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (Kimelman), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Nunez), and the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (Windmill). We also thank Meggan Olek and Victoria Keetay from the Academy who served as staff liaisons.
The next few days will hopefully expand your view on clinical teaching in audiology and set the stage for identifying areas of opportunity for improvement. Thank you for lending your expertise to the Summit.
M. Patrick Feeney, PhD
President, American Academy of Audiology
Therese Walden, AuD
Conference Chair, Gold Standards Summit 2009
Transforming Clinical Education in Audiology! With the help of your input to our survey, the Summit has been structured to apply both a telescopic view to get the big picture of models of educating clinicians and an otoscopic view to examine what’s working well and what isn’t in audiology clinical training. You will work with the Summit planners to review and understand the current clinical education training model to learn which components and processes work best for the students. Once we understand the status quo, we can start to chart a course to process improvement. The Academy’s role in the Summit is to facilitate a meaningful and productive next few days for all participants.
We offer thanks and gratitude for the efforts of the planning task force that included Ian Windmill, Christie Yoshinaga-Itano, Maureen Valente, Loretta Nunez, Todd Ricketts, Jack Roush, Mikael Kimelman, Kris English, and Alison Grimes. In addition to the Academy members on the task force, there was representation from the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (Kimelman), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Nunez), and the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (Windmill). We also thank Meggan Olek and Victoria Keetay from the Academy who served as staff liaisons.
The next few days will hopefully expand your view on clinical teaching in audiology and set the stage for identifying areas of opportunity for improvement. Thank you for lending your expertise to the Summit.
M. Patrick Feeney, PhD
President, American Academy of Audiology
Therese Walden, AuD
Conference Chair, Gold Standards Summit 2009
