How to Answer: What assessment tools have you used to assist in evaluating patients?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Speech Pathology job interview.
6. What assessment tools have you used to assist in evaluating patients?
How to Answer
Speech Language Pathologists have a wide range off assessment tools available to them to help determine where a patient stands. The interviewer is looking to see which tools you familiarity working with and what your preferences are. Be open and honest with your interviewer while also stressing your ability to learn new assessments that could potentially help you as well.
Written by Heather Douglass
Entry Level
"During my clinical fellowship, I had the great opportunity to work in a hospital setting where I experience both adult and adolescent patients vs. just children in a school setting. This enabled me to experience a wide-array of assessment tools like a swallowing evaluation and aphasia assessments for stroke patients. My classroom setting through my Master's program had only prepared me with hands-on experience for more of the standard speech language assessment more geared toward
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Written by Ryan Brunner
Answer Example
"In my time working with school aged children, I have direct experience using many available assessments with children. Some regular tools that I have utilized are the Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition, the Functional Communication Profile and the Emerging Literacy Language Assessment. I know that there are many other great assessments available to those in my field and I
have a very open mind to try new assessments as well."
Written by Heather Douglass
Experienced
"On top of all of the standard assessments I have used in my years working in a school system with elementary, middle and high school aged children, I recently trained on utilizing stroboscopy to analyze voice boxes. I trained locally with an Otolaryngologist and am utilizing the procedure through a local clinic."
Written by Ryan Brunner