Inside health science training at Salus.
Health Science Starts Here is a campus-centered health education series focused on how students learn clinical practice. Episodes move through audiology, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, orthotics and prosthetics, blindness and low vision studies, and biomedicine with a clear view of training in action.
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Health Science Starts Here is an educational series built around Salus University's health science programs and campus clinics. Its episodes are practical rather than promotional in feel. Faculty, program leaders, clinic staff, and students describe how training actually works once coursework meets patients, clients, labs, and supervised fieldwork. Occupational therapy episodes explain level one and level two fieldwork, intervention planning, school settings, clinical sites, and the confidence students build through direct practice. Audiology conversations move from hearing aids and cochlear implants to communication strategies, noisy restaurants, medical appointments, and patient self-advocacy. Speech-language pathology episodes focus on the Speech Language Institute, first-year graduate clinical exposure, assessment materials, sensory-friendly rooms, Spanish-focused assessments, AAC, dysphagia, childhood apraxia of speech, and brain injury. Other episodes examine the Pennsylvania Ear Institute from a director's daily calendar, the launch of an orthotics and prosthetics program, blindness and low vision studies, neurological visual impairment in children, and a graduate biomedicine program. The show often names offices, programs, facilities, and training sequences, giving it the texture of an academic open house with microphones. It is careful and service-minded. It is also specific. A listener hears about office managers, clinic directors, supervisors, clinical educators, lab spaces, certification boards, and students learning how to connect classroom concepts to real people. The most compelling moments come when guests connect technical training to quality of life, whether that means helping someone dress, supporting a child in a school setting, or helping an adult follow critical health information. The pacing is conversational and campus-oriented. Some episodes repeat details, but the repetition reinforces the show's main purpose: explaining health science education from inside the programs. It is best for listeners who want an applied view of clinical preparation, not a general medical advice show. The value is in the close-up look at how future practitioners are taught, supervised, and shaped.
Made for: The show is for prospective health science students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members who want a practical view of clinical education. It also suits listeners comparing audiology, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, orthotics and prosthetics, blindness and low vision studies, or biomedicine paths.
What sets it apart: Health Science Starts Here stands out by focusing on the working details of campus-based clinical training. Rather than broad healthcare commentary, it follows programs, clinics, fieldwork, facilities, and supervision from the people directly involved.
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That noisy restaurant sounds more manageable once you've heard an audiologist and speech pathologist compare notes.
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A clear, practical look at hearing care, communication support, and self-advocacy in difficult listening situations.
The AUD and SLP Approach to Aural Rehab follows how audiology and speech-language pathology can work together after hearing loss changes everyday communication. Dr.
Brain science before it becomes a headline.
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Lindsay Bondurant gives a calendar-based account of directing the Pennsylvania Ear Institute at Salus University, including billing meetings, patient care, tours, teaching, and faculty interviews.
The Speech Language Institute handled over 700 appointments while maintaining a 99% client satisfaction rating.
The PEI podcast explains auditory processing disorder through the distinction between hearing sounds with the ears and listening, which requires attention, memory, and cognition.
Bob Sirianni interviews two unnamed Salus University speech-language pathology students who transferred after becoming dissatisfied with prior graduate programs.
An audiology professor interviews an industry veteran about the role of hearing aid companies in audiology education.
An interview with Dr.
Faculty discuss the Blindness and Low Vision Studies program at Salus University and a unique course on neurological visual impairment in children.
An interview with Dr.