Speech and Language Therapy (Pre-Registration) (Taught)

If you want to become a speech and language therapist, this course could open up a fascinating new career path for you. It is the only postgraduate pre-registration course in speech and language therapy offered in Scotland.

As a speech and language therapist you will provide life-changing treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties communicating and/or eating, drinking and swallowing. It can be a very varied and deeply rewarding career. This course will enable you to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and to practise as a speech and language therapist in the UK.

The following modules are completed in varying sequence across the two years of the course:

Professional Practice: Practice-based Learning
Professional Practice: Competencies in Eating, Drinking and Swallowing
Professional Practice: Clinical and Professional Capabilities
Professional Practice: Applied Clinical Decision Making
Professional Practice: Delivering Services that Reflect Diversity
Professional Practice: Training and Leadership
Foundations for SLT: Biological and Medical Sciences
Foundations for SLT: Lifespan
Foundations for SLT: Introduction to Linguistics
Foundations for SLT: Speech and Language Analysis and Applications
Speech and Language Pathology: Acquired Language and Neurogenic Communication Impairments
Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental and Acquired Dysphagia
Speech and Language Pathology: Speech Sound Disorders
Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental Language Disorder
Speech and Language Pathology: Developmental Disorders of Social Communication
Speech and Language Pathology: Organic Speech Impairments and Voice Disorder
Speech and Language Pathology: Physical, Sensory and Intellectual Impairment
Research for SLT: Understanding and Appraising the Evidence for Practice
Research for SLT: Applying Skills for Critical Enquiry
NB The modules listed are correct at time of posting (October 2023) but are subject to change. In the event that modules change, QMU will seek to use reasonable endeavours to ensure that there is no detrimental impact on students.

Teaching will include a mix of lectures, tutorials, student-led seminars, practice-based learning, case study analysis and individual project work. Emphasis will be placed on integrating clinical and university-based learning opportunities and on independent study. Your performance will be assessed by a combination of assignments, examinations and practical assessments.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Health and Care Professions Council

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS