University of the Basque Country University of the Basque Country

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Acquired skills

These are the main competences for which this degree will qualify you:

  • Be able to establish clear and efficient communication with the patient, their relatives and the rest of the professionals involved in their care, adapting to the sociolinguistic and cultural characteristics of the interlocutor.
  • Be able to practise the profession, respecting patient autonomy, genetic, demographic, cultural and economic determinants, applying the principles of social justice and understanding the ethical implications of health in a changing global context.
  • Be able to work in school, care, health, social and health environments, as well as in uniprofessional and multiprofessional teams. Advise on the development and implementation of care and education policies on issues related to speech therapy prevention and care.
  • Design and carry out speech therapy treatments, both individual and collective, establishing objectives and stages, with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques and resources, attending to the different evolutionary stages of the human being.
  • Design, implement and evaluate actions for the prevention of communication and language disorders.
  • Draft and write examination, diagnosis, follow-up, termination and referral reports.
  • Explore, assess, diagnose and give a prognosis of the evolution of communication and language disorders from a multidisciplinary perspective, based on the ability to interpret the clinical history, applying the principles based on the best possible information and under conditions of clinical safety.
  • Incorporate the ethical and legal principles of the profession into practice, integrating social and community aspects into decision-making.
  • Know and be able to integrate the biological (anatomy and physiology), psychological (processes and evolutionary development), linguistic and pedagogical foundations of speech therapy intervention in communication, language, speech, hearing, voice and non-verbal oral functions.
  • Know and critically assess the techniques and instruments for assessment and diagnosis in Speech Therapy, as well as the procedures for speech therapy intervention.
  • Know communication disorders, language, speech, hearing, voice and non-verbal oral functions.
  • Know, design and apply preventive programmes related to speech therapy, and promote communication skills in the population.
  • Select, implement and facilitate the learning of augmentative communication systems, as well as the design and use of necessary prostheses and technical aids adapted to the physical, psychological and social conditions of their patients.
  • Understand the scientific foundations underpinning speech therapy and its evolution, critically assessing the terminology, clinical trials and methodology of research related to speech therapy.
  • Use the exploration techniques and instruments specific to the profession and record, synthesise and interpret the data provided, integrating them into the information as a whole.