San Antonio Network for Aphasia (SANA)
Stroke survivors with aphasia have worse healthcare outcomes than individuals without aphasia. This unfortunate fact may be related to an individual’s ability to comprehend treatment plans and/or express medical concerns.
One way to address this inequity is to train healthcare students and professionals to communicate more effectively with individuals with aphasia.
Funded by a grant from the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP), the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at UT San Antonio has created communication partner training videos for healthcare professionals. Our findings have shown that these modules are an effective tool for teaching healthcare students to use communication strategies with people with aphasia. Below you will find links to videos as well as questions to encourage active learning through reflection.
Watch this 15-minute video featuring collection of testimonials from people with aphasia offering insights into living with aphasia and sharing experiences of communication in healthcare
Watch this 20-minute lecture explaining aphasia along with communication strategies to support individuals with aphasia in the healthcare environment
The next modules are sets of two contrasting healthcare scenarios showing interactions with and without the use of communication strategies (4-8 minutes each). These paired videos feature clinical environments for physical therapy, occupational therapy and physician assistant.
Our goal is to create more training scenarios for healthcare students and professionals in medicine, nursing, mental health, dentistry, pharmacy, healthcare staff and others. To continue building this resource, we kindly ask that you complete a survey after watching these videos. Please complete only one survey even if you access these videos on multiple occasions. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
