Course details

Degree objectives

This proposal for a Master's programme in Speech Therapy presents an adaptable study plan that aims to meet the postgraduate training needs of speech therapists. The syllabus is innovative in that it does not include pre-defined pathways that condition the student's training pathways to a specific area of intervention and/or a specific population. In the 1st year, students develop advanced skills in cross-cutting areas of Speech Therapy in terms of: (i) critical analysis and development of assessment and intervention tools, (ii) evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence, (iii) models of action (operational levels of intervention including preventive, group and/or individual, face-to-face and/or distance, with and/or without the use of technology, using multi-professional collaborative practices, focusing on the user and empowering them, their carers and/or family, among other aspects). At the same time, students develop specialised skills, individualising their path based on the options available in specialised areas: speech, language (oral and written), fluency, voice and swallowing, in children and/or adults. Also in the 1st year, students systematise and deepen content that will enable them to plan and carry out their projects, as well as adopt systematised mechanisms for designing and monitoring their clinical practices. In the 2nd year, students finalise the study cycle by choosing to develop a dissertation or project work, reflecting their interests and motivations, and/or their experience and needs in terms of professional practice. In this process, they refine their research skills, contributing to the transfer and original application of knowledge to Speech Therapy. The teaching-learning model of this course is mixed (b-learning), face-to-face and distance learning (with synchronous classes), compatible with different student profiles, whether they are working or not. The curricular units include diversified teaching-learning methodologies, linking theory and practice, and active student participation, allowing knowledge to be applied to concrete situations and generalised to similar ones. The teaching staff is qualified (mostly PhDs and specialists) and multi-professional (speech therapists, psychologists, linguists, doctors and other professionals).

School

ESS - Escola Superior de Saúde

Study mode

presencial - Diurno; Pós-laboral; Aulas em b-learning (presencial e online)

Learning objectives and skills to be developed

Students should develop advanced knowledge in specialised areas of Speech Therapy, in order to sustain critical reasoning and develop specialised skills; advanced clinical reasoning in the analysis of the assessment process in Speech Therapy and its effects on the diagnosis, planning and implementation of intervention; competence to design and implement individualised intervention plans, integrating the critical analysis of available evidence and the risks and benefits of intervention; critical reflection on their own performance and that of others involved in practice contexts, using this reflection to inform future practice and personal and professional development; the ability to plan and implement research projects applied to complex study or work contexts, contributing to the consolidation and development of knowledge and professional practice in specialised areas of Speech Therapy.

Career opportunities

Providing care for human communication disorders (problems with voice, fluency, articulation, speech, language or communication) or swallowing, in children, adolescents, adults or the elderly. Professional activity is spread across the following contexts: Hospitals; Health Centres; Rehabilitation Centres; Private Clinics and Offices; Schools and Kindergartens; Early Intervention Teams; Special Education Institutions; Support Services for the Elderly; Professional Health; Education and Research Centres and; Liberal Practice

Course coordinator

Dina Paula Jorge Caetano Alves

Recognition of prior learning

Recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulations of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal.

Admission requirements

Applicants must be: a) Holders of a degree in Speech Therapy or legal equivalent; b) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree in Speech Therapy awarded following a 1st cycle of studies organised in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a state adhering to this process; c) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree recognised as satisfying the objectives of the degree in Speech Therapy. b) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree in Speech Therapy awarded following a 1st cycle of studies organised in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a state adhering to this process; c) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree recognised as meeting the objectives of a degree in Speech Therapy by the statutorily competent scientific body of the higher education institution to which they wish to be admitted; d) Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognised as attesting to their ability to complete this cycle of studies by the statutorily competent scientific body of the higher education institution to which they wish to be admitted.

The information provided does not replace consultation of the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES) website and/or the application page.

Qualification requirements

19 course units successfully completed

Legal framework and accreditation

Declaração de Retificação n.º 183/2023 de 6 de março