Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship Program

The University of Wisconsin–Madison and UW Health Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship Program offers fellowships in five specialty areas:

1. Adult Voice
2. Adult Swallow – Acute
3. Adult Speech, Language, and Swallow – Acute
4. Pediatric Speech, Language, and Swallow – Acute
5. Pediatric Voice, Swallow, and Craniofacial – Outpatient

The purpose of each clinical fellowship is to provide advanced training in the assessment and treatment of voice, speech, language and swallow disorders at an academic medical center; foster individual interests within each subspecialty; provide experience operating within multidisciplinary care teams; provide experience engaging in case presentations and team-based clinical problem solving; encourage an academic mindset; and provide experience in clinical research.

All graduating fellows will meet American Speech-Language-Hearing Association standards for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology.

Prospective clinical fellows should demonstrate these strengths:

• Ability to analyze and synthesize information from a broad knowledge base in medical speech-language pathology
• Motivation to achieve an advanced level of clinical competence in the prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with voice, speech, language and swallowing disorders
• Independence and practical problem-solving abilities
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively in a multidisciplinary medical setting
• Humility, teachability, and habitual self-evaluation and reflection skills
• Ethical, responsible and professional conduct

In addition to clinical expectations, fellows are expected to participate in a clinical research project, participate in a weekly multidisciplinary case conference, and engage in community outreach activities.