Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Κnow the working reality in the provision of speech therapy services
• Recognize and follow the operating and safety regulations of clinics that provide speech therapy services
• Collaborate with the patient, relatives/attendants, and other health professionals (e.g., nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists)
• Κnow and follow ethical rules in the profession of speech therapy
• Apply knowledge and techniques learned during their studies in real-world settings in a wide range of clinical pathologies
• Design and successfully implement intervention programs based on speech therapy practice indications, individually as well as in groups, for a wide range of communication and swallowing pathologies
• Incorporate theoretical and research knowledge into the daily clinical practice of speech therapy.
• Prepare reports for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan initiation, and therapeutic intervention completion.
  

• Application of knowledge in practice
• Decision making
• Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility
• Efficient search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using the essential technologies
• Exercise criticism and self-criticism
• Group work
• Independent Assignment
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

The internship allows speech therapy department students to apply academic knowledge in practice in public or private organizations' working environments. Students become familiar with the working environment and gain professional experience. The internship also aims to create opportunities for professional rehabilitation in speech therapy providers in the private sector.
The students of the Speech Therapy Department are required to carry out an internship during the last semester of their studies. The internship is included in the Study Program of the Speech Therapy Department as a compulsory course called Internship (20 credits, ECTS)
The activities to which the students of the Speech Therapy Department are exposed during the internship are: (a) application of communication assessment to children or adults in different contexts/structures (schools, special schools, speech therapy centers, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, etc.) and (b) speech therapy intervention in articulation, language or communication in children or adults in different contexts/structures (schools, special schools, speech therapy centers, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, etc.).

The evaluation of the students takes place at the end of it internship based on its successful completion or not.

The evaluation considers:

• The Internship Evaluation Sheet (Agency)
• The Evaluation Report of the Internship (Student)
• The Student's Internship Diary/Presentation booklet

They are all drawn up and signed by the representatives of the host organizations and the scientific managers and supervisors of the Internship Program for each student.

• The bibliography depends on the host agency and the subject of the internship.