Speech Therapy The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Overview

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Programme Aims 

• To produce collaborative practice-ready speech therapists with the ability to practise speech therapy safely and effectively in the areas of speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing with children and adults involving both developmental and acquired communication disorders and swallowing disabilities. 
• To equip students with the professional and academic knowledge base, clinical and research skills, and attitudes and ethics required to function effectively as entry-level speech therapists. 
• To cultivate graduates who are able to practise as speech therapists in Hong Kong and serve as speech therapy advocates in Mainland China and the Macau SAR.  

Programme Characteristics

• The teaching team is composed of academic and teaching staff with considerable teaching experience, proven research track records and extensive clinical expertise. 
• The programme is designed to equip students with the professional and academic knowledge base, clinical and research skills, and attitudes and ethics required to function effectively as professional entry-level speech therapists. 
• The curriculum offers a unique approach to education and training in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, addressing speech therapy in both Chinese and bilingual contexts. A hybrid teaching and learning approach is adopted: traditional lectures are conducted in the first year of BScST, and the problem-based learning (PBL) approach is adopted in the second year of BScST. 
• The curriculum of this undergraduate programme builds on the success of our self-financed Master of Speech Therapy programme by adding an interdisciplinary approach to rehabilitation and evidence-based practice underpinned by latest research conducted at CBS.