Date of Award
2003
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology
Department
Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services
Advisor
Shelley Victor
Committee Member
Barbara Packer
Keywords
academic accreditation, Alabama, autonomous practice, clinical coursework, Council of Academic Accreditation, decision making, ethics, ethical behavior, ethical decision-making, faculty perceptions, Florida, Georgia, graduate students, higher education, Louisiana, speech-language pathology, student perceptions, supervision, training programs
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether speech-language pathology faculty perceptions of ethical behavior are different from speech-language pathology graduate students’ perceptions of ethical behavior. Participants consisted of 34 second-year speech-language pathology graduate students and 27 faculty members from Council of Academic Accreditation (CAA) training programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana. All participants completed an investigator-designed instrument consisting of ethical scenarios. Results of this study indicated that significant differences between faculty and student perceptions for ethical decision-making were indicated in two of eight scenarios. The two scenarios in which significant differences were identified related to supervision and autonomous practice. The differences were attributed to the students’ limited exposure and experience in the academic and clinical coursework.