Lin Qiang, Lu Jianliang, Chen Zhuoming, Yan Jiajian, Wang Hong, Ouyang Hui, Mou Zhiwei, Huang Dongfeng, O'Young Bryan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2016;68(1):10-5. doi: 10.1159/000442284. Epub 2016 Jul 1.
The aim of this survey was to investigate the background of speech-language pathologists and their training needs to provide a profile of the current state of the profession in Mainland China.
A survey was conducted of 293 speech-language therapists. The questionnaire used asked questions related to their career background and had a 24-item ranking scale covering almost all of the common speech-language-hearing disorders. A summary of the raw data was constructed by calculating the average ranking score for each answer choice in order to determine the academic training needs with the highest preference among the respondents.
The majority of respondents were female, <35 years old and with a total service time of <5 years. More than three quarters of the training needs with the highest preference among the 24 items involved basic-level knowledge of common speech-language-hearing disorders, such as diagnosis, assessment and conventional treatment, but seldom specific advanced technology or current progress.
The results revealed that speech-language therapists in Mainland China tend to be young, with little total working experience and at the first stage of their career. This may be due to the lack of systematic educational programs and national certification systems for speech-language therapists.
本次调查旨在探究言语治疗师的背景及其培训需求，以呈现中国大陆该行业的现状。
对293名言语治疗师进行了调查。所使用的问卷询问了与他们职业背景相关的问题，并设有一个涵盖几乎所有常见言语 - 语言 - 听力障碍的24项排序量表。通过计算每个答案选项的平均排序分数来构建原始数据摘要，以确定受访者中最优先的学术培训需求。
大多数受访者为女性，年龄小于35岁，总服务时间小于5年。在24项中最优先的培训需求里，超过四分之三涉及常见言语 - 语言 - 听力障碍的基础知识，如诊断、评估和传统治疗，但很少涉及特定的先进技术或当前进展。
结果显示，中国大陆的言语治疗师往往较为年轻，总工作经验较少，且处于职业生涯的第一阶段。这可能是由于缺乏针对言语治疗师的系统教育项目和国家认证体系。
