The PSU SPHR Department offers externship supervisors a robust range of continuing education opportunities. Please note that only current PSU Externship Supervisors are permitted to access these courses. Any access to these courses are tracked. Please do not share these courses with others.  

Instructions to set-up a PSU affiliated CAPCSD account: 

1. Click the link below

2. Click "Sign-Up" on the top right hand side of the page

3. Fill out the form to create a user login and password using an accessible email address. 

4. Be sure to enter in a valid ASHA number (8 digits) in order to receive CEU’s for course completion.

Enroll in a course:

1. Once you have established your account and returned to the main eLearning landing page, scroll down to the bottom. From this screen you can view all of the available modules in each course. 

2. Select the module, or modules, you would like to complete and click ‘add to cart’. Then Proceed to checkout.

3. At checkout, use the code CAPCSDkey. Click ‘Purchase’.

4. The next page will be your ‘receipt’. To access the module, click on the hyperlinked module name. You will then be taken to the landing page of the module.

5. Scroll down and click ‘Learn’ to launch the module.

Web-link URL: https://www.capcsd.org/keyprinciplesincsdclinicaleducation/ 

The education of audiologists and speech-language pathologists is dependent upon clinical instruction that is provided in an effective, evidence-based manner. This web-based course discusses a variety of key issues central to becoming an effective, evidence-based clinical educator/supervisor/preceptor. By completing the six modules in this course, learners will explore basic principles and obligations of clinical education. They will be introduced to evidence-based strategies for effective clinical instruction. Learners will examine the importance of effective communication, feedback and relationship building to the clinical education process. They will consider their obligation for ethical and culturally responsive engagement. Learners will have opportunities to reflect on how principles and techniques discussed in the course can be integrated into their own work in clinical education.

Module 1

• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the preceptor and clinical learner.

• Identify at least three characteristics of an effective preceptor.

Module 2

• Describe common models of clinical supervision.

• Utilize the ‘One Minute Preceptor’ approach to feedback.

Module 3

• Describe communication strategies that enhance preceptor-clinical learner relationships.

• Explain strategies to productively manage conflict.

Module 4

• List aspects of their culture and identity that are relevant to clinical education/precepting.

• Describe strategies related to culturally responsive teaching that they can incorporate into precepting for clinical learners.

Module 5

• Define and explain feedback, debriefing, and assessment/evaluation in clinical education.

• Discuss examples of how to engage in feedback, debriefing, and assessment in as a preceptor.

• Describe the role of clinical learner feedback for the preceptor and several ways to engage in that discussion.

Module 6 

• Identify key ASHA Code of Ethics issues that relate to clinical education.

• Describe a situation common to working with clinical learners that may present an ethical challenge.

• Recognize opportunities that may require the preceptor to initiate a challenging conversation.

Successful completion of all six course modules will yield 0.3 ASHA CEUs in the area of clinical education, meeting the ASHA requirement for clinical educator/supervisor/preceptor training.