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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=969591922-29082005>As a
member of an institution that offers a doctoral degree in Rehabilitation
Sciences, while I am not an impartial observer, I can comment on your
question. We designed our program to be broad enough to educate students
from the rehabilitation fields (the speech pathology program is in the Faculty
(college) of Rehabilitation Medicine) but still allow students to specialize
within their discipline. Our students receive a similar training to
students in a speech-language pathology doctoral program with the addition of
depth in rehabilitation sciences. In addition to a core set of courses in
research design and other basics, they choose coursework that suits their
specific research areas. Students have a larger cohort than they would if
each department had its own program, and they gain a broader perspective of
rehabilitation than they normally do in their master's degree
programs.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=969591922-29082005>We
have also hired SLPs who have gotten PhDs in fields such as Educational
Psychology and Linguistics. The Rehab Sciences degree is at least as
relevant to speech-language pathology as those degrees.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=969591922-29082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=969591922-29082005>So
far, our students seem to be marketable -- those that have sought academic
positions have generally been successful. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=969591922-29082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=969591922-29082005>If
anyone has any reservations about this type of degree based on anything other
than unfamiliarity, I would be interested in hearing more about that. But
based on my experience, I feel that this is a great way to maximize resources
and to maintain a doctoral program with small individual
departments.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=969591922-29082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=969591922-29082005>The
website for the program is: <A
href="http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/rehabmed/nav03.cfm?nav03=10714&nav02=10682&nav01=167">http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/rehabmed/nav03.cfm?nav03=10714&nav02=10682&nav01=167</A>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=969591922-29082005>Phyllis Schneider</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=969591922-29082005>University of Alberta</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=969591922-29082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> info-childes@mail.talkbank.org
[mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mainess, Karen
(LLU)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 29, 2005 4:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
info-childes@mail.talkbank.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> <BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=347285821-29082005>Dear
Colleagues,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=347285821-29082005>I know of a peer who
currently holds a masters degree in speech pathology and is now working on a PhD
in Rehabilitative Sciences. Apparently there are few or no programs
in this geographical area which offer PhDs in speech path. I would like
your opinions as to how you feel this degree would be regarded in terms of a
faculty position in a speech pathology program. Do you think it will make
a difference to the degree holders hire-ability / marketability in the academic
arena when compared against someone holding a PhD in speech pathology or
communication disorders?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=347285821-29082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=347285821-29082005>Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=347285821-29082005>K.
Mainess</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>