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Courses

  • SPHR 371: Anatomy & Physiology of Speech and Swallowing
  • SPHR 410/510: Traumatic Brain Injury & Cognitive Rehabilitation
  • SPHR 509: Clinic in Cognitive Rehabilitation
  • SPHR 560: Research Methods in Speech-Language Pathology
  • SPHR 566: Motor Speech Disorders

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Tutorials for the SLP: 

These tutorials were designed by Dr. Lemoncello in 2009-2010 to: explain the concepts underlying EBP, and demonstrate the steps and tricks to navigating and using 4 search engine databases available through PSU and helpful to locating literature for SPHR students.

The main movies require QuickTime Player, which can be downloaded for free at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

The searching sub-tutorials require Flash Player, which can be downloaded for free at: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

  • Introduction to EBP (MOV; 14 min)
  • Searching the Research Literature (MOV; 10 min)
    • The following 6 tutorials demonstrate the specifics of searching in each database, using the PICO research question of, "What evidence is available to describe academic outcomes for adolescent brain injury survivors?" The same search strategy is demonstrated in each of the four databases. Special thanks to Jessica Bullock (SPHR graduate class of 2011) for dedicated assistance in developing these tutorials. 
    • Getting Started (Flash; 2 min)- click here to learn how to navigate the PSU library page & learn about these 4 databases
    • ERIC (Flash; 5 min)- click here to learn about how to search in ERIC
    • LLBA (Flash; 5 min)- click here to learn about how to search in LLBA
    • Medline (Flash; 5 min)- click here to learn how to search in Medline
    • PsycINFO (Flash; 10 min)- click here to learn how to search in PsycINFO
    • 3-Steps to Locating an Article at PSU (Flash; 4 min)- click here to learn how to get your hands on the article(s) that you find in your search