Filiz ASLAN, Esra YÜCEL, Carolyn Peluso ATKİNS

Odyolojide danışmanlık: Öğrencilerin bakış açısıyla

Danışmanlık becerileri, odyoloji ünitelerinde hastaların ve ailelerinin memnuniyeti arttırmak için önemlidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, odyoloji öğrencilerinin danışmanlık becerileri, kendilerinin kişilerarası iletişim becerileri ve danışmanlık sürecindeki sınırlarına ilişkin bilgilerine yönelik bakış açılarının belirlenmesidir. İlk ankete yirmi bir öğrenci, ikinci ankete otuz sekiz öğrenci katılmıştır. Bütün öğrenciler 2015-2016 bahar döneminde "İletişim Bozukluklarında Danışmanlık" dersini almışlardır. Öğrenciler "İletişim Bozukluklarında Danışmanlık" dersinden önce ve sonra değerlendirilmişlerdir. Katılımcılar her iki ankette de iki form doldurmuşlardır. İlk formun amacı öğrencilerin danışmanlık ve kişilerarası iletişim becerilerine yönelik algılarının belirlenmesidir. İkinci form, öğrencilerin odyoloji pratiğindeki uzmanlık sınırları hakkındaki bilgilerini değerlendirmeyi hedeflemiştir. Sonuçlar, dersin sonunda öğrencilerin iletişim becerileri ve kendileri hakkında daha güvenli hissettiklerini işaret etmektedir. Ancak danışmanlık becerilerinden memnun olmalarına rağmen, odyolog olarak danışmanlık sınırlarını belirlemede zorlanmaya devam etmişlerdir. Odyoloji programlarının odyologların danışmanlık sınırlarını vurgulayan, danışmanlığa yönelik daha fazla derse ve eğitim programına ihtiyaçları bulunmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Danışmanlık becerileri, odyoloji, uzmanlık eğitimi

Counseling in Audiology: Students' Perspectives

Counseling skills are essential to increase patients' and their families' satisfaction from audiological services. The aim of this study was to determine perspectives of the audiology students on their counseling skills, their interpersonal communication skills, and their knowledge about boundaries through the counseling process. Twenty-one students participated in the first administration, and thirty-eight students participated in the second administration. All the students attended the "Consulting Skills in Communication Disorders" course in the 2015-2016 spring term. The students participated in the study before and after taking the course called "Counseling Skills in Communication Disorders". The participants completed two forms in both administrations. The goal of the first form was to determine the students' perception about counseling and their interpersonal communication skills. The second form aimed to evaluate the students' knowledge about professional boundaries in audiology practice. The results indicated that the students were more confident about their interpersonal communication skills and themselves at the end of the course. Although they were reportedly satisfied by their counseling skills, they still have difficulties in counseling boundaries as an audiologist. Audiology programs need more counseling courses and the training programs should emphasize the counseling boundaries of audiologists.

Keywords:

Audiology, counseling skills, professional training,

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