Evidence and Argument in Communication Sciences and Disorders

In this final episode of Evidence and Argument, Dr. Ianessa Humbert describes why she's moving on from speech–language pathology, and Drs. Harold and Humbert close the Evidence and Argument podcast.

In this one-year anniversary episode series, Drs. Humbert and Harold answer: "What are your fears for our field?" and "What dramas have you experienced in our field?"

In this one-year anniversary episode series, Drs. Humbert and Harold answer: "What joys have you experienced in our field?" and "What is the best part of being in our field, for you?"

In this episode, we being to brainstorm solutions for some of the top problems SLPs voice concerns about, and welcome you all to join us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to share your solutions as well. After this episode, you may come to align "easy" with possible, not painless.

In this episode, we talk: training and expertise, perceived value and respect, caseload/workload/productivity, and money. We try to dig deeper than the basic bitching that happens on social media, to unearth the explanations for and connections among our problems. After all, there cannot be solutions without attempting to understand the problems in the first place.

In this episode, Drs. Harold and Humbert discuss the history of speech–language pathology, and unearth some truths and trends that will shock you. But also explain exactly why we are where we are today as a field. Understanding our problems and pain points today, after all, only makes sense when you realize how we got here.

In this episode, Meredith and Ianessa discuss how businesses and social media influencers have a surprising amount of power over what clinicians think and buy.

Join us with special guests Summer Loehr, MA, CCC-SLP & Will Farnham, MS, CCC-SLP, for a discussion-turned-collegial dispute about whether clinicians do not align with EBP because they themselves are the barriers or because external obstacles (i.e. time, resources) far outweigh individual determination.

Once our CSD students graduate (and throughout their careers), they encounter an incredible amount of information and misinformation. And it's presented to them in many forms, including pseudoscientific nonsense, from charlatans trying to make a buck, and from know-it-alls and internet assholes who you perhaps can't decide if you should trust or not. How do we know who to trust? Can you skirt misinformation in our field by learning how to better understand people as barriers?

Everyone's looking for someone to blame for the disconnect between our field's research and clinical practice. Where does that disconnect come from? Is someone or some process at fault? Could it be our graduate programs? Listen to Drs. Harold and Humbert discuss this, then join us on Facebook or Twitter to continue the conversation.

In this episode, we chat about how to identify both what you do and don't know. This episode is about bias, uncertainty, and expertise. And sets the stage for the type of thinking and questioning that will be a theme throughout this podcast. Learn more at www.evidenceandargument.com