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Textbook: Medical Speech-Language Pathology Across the Continuum of Care

Textbook: Medical Speech-Language Pathology Across the Continuum of Care
Alex Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA, FNAP, Barbara Jacobson, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, Megan Schliep, PhD, CCC-SLP, MPH, Bridget Perry, PhD, CCC-SLP
January 3, 2024

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Please note that to complete this course, you will need to read the textbook Medical Speech-Language Pathology Across the Continuum of Care by Alex Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA, FNAP, Barbara Jacobson, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, Megan Schliep, PhD, CCC-SLP, MPH, and Bridget Perry, PhD, CCC-SLP. If you don’t already own a copy of the textbook, you can purchase it at Plural Publishing.

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alex johnson

Alex Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA, FNAP

Alex Johnson is Provost Emeritus at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston and Founder of Health Professions Leadership Resources, a consulting firm.


barbara jacobson

Barbara Jacobson, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Barbara Jacobson recently retired as Associate Director of Medical Speech-Language Pathology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech Science.


megan schliep

Megan Schliep, PhD, CCC-SLP, MPH

Megan Schliep is a faculty member in Communication Sciences and Disorder at MGH Institute of Health Professions and a clinical speech-language pathologist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, MA.


bridget perry

Bridget Perry, PhD, CCC-SLP

Bridget Perry is the Program Director for the Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology program at the MGH Institute and a clinical speech-language pathologist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. 



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