SPEECH AUDIOLOGY
Silva Henríquez Catholic University (Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez (UCSH))
Key Information
Campus location
Santiago, Chile
Languages
Spanish
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Feb 2024
Introduction
The person who graduated from Speech Therapy from the Silva Henríquez Catholic University is a generalist and comprehensive professional, a specialist in human communication, characterized by promoting the communicative and swallowing well-being of people under a biopsychosocial approach with an emphasis on the community, comprehensive care communicational processes, as well as swallowing and balance. In the exercise of his profession, he performs the therapeutic evaluation, diagnosis, habilitation, and rehabilitation actions, as well as prevention and promotion actions for the well-being and quality of life of people, in the different stages of the life cycle. It can function in educational and health settings, both public and private.
He has a formation based on a Christian humanist vision of the person, which is based on a high social and transformative commitment inspired by the Salesian Preventive System, which allows him to respond to the challenges of the profession and the current world, with a critical look and supportive, socially responsible, committed to the common good and at the service of promoting human dignity, supported by a set of communication tools and digital skills for the exercise of their profession.