320 – Becoming A Medical SLP with Chanelle Tignor

Swallow Your Pride Podcast

Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Careers, Medicine

4.8 • 899 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Wondering how to start a medical career with your SLP graduate degree?

Get ready for an episode packed with wisdom and inspiration as Theresa sits down with Chanelle Tignor, M.S., CCC-SLP, discussing her journey from graduate school to her medical career.

Theresa and Chanelle walk you through the importance of exploring different settings, diving into resources beyond the classroom (helllooo internet!), and remaining curious to learn from your patients and research.

You’ll also get to hear about Chanelle’s future goals and how she aims to own her own practice and mentor the next generation of SLPs.

Timestamps:

Getting into Graduate School (00:02:26)
Exploring Different Settings (00:01:16)
Importance of Open-mindedness (00:07:15)
Research and Observation (00:09:45)
On-the-Job Learning (00:12:09)
The networking journey (17:58)
Importance of networking (19:08)
Challenges in graduate school (24:42)
Self-study and preceptorship (29:23)
Passion for the profession (32:04)
Finding Passion and Drive (00:34:10)
Career Aspirations (00:35:29)
Gap in Early Intervention (00:38:25)
Standing Out in the Medical Field (00:40:49)
Continuous Learning and Growth (00:46:50)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Swale Your Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board
0:10.0	certified specialist in swallowing and following disorders and founder of the
0:13.9	Med-SLP collective and Med SLP education. This podcast is dedicated to
0:18.6	delivering the latest evidence-based practice to medical SLPs everywhere
0:22.3	while also recognizing that medical SLPs
0:24.9	everywhere are doing the best with what they've got. Whether you are a new clinician seeking
0:29.3	tangible tools for therapy or a seasoned vet stuck in a rut, my goal is simple to help you advance
0:34.9	your practice without feeling overwhelmed or underappreciated. This means that together
0:39.6	will build confidence, broaden your knowledge, and reignite your passion for our field. So if you're
0:44.8	listening I encourage you to swallow your pride and be open to new ideas because at the
0:49.2	end of the day you and your patience deserve that kind of support. With that, let's dive in.
0:54.7	Hi, Chanel, how are you? Good and you. Good, thank you so much for joining me.
1:01.6	Yes, thank you for having me. Yeah, so the power of social media. I just love when I get to meet
1:07.2	wonderful people like you on social media. So thank you so so much for reaching out. I just I love it. I love it. So tell the people a little bit about yourself.
1:16.9	Yeah, so I am a speech pathologist between that of me graduating my CF year and now I have literally worked in every single setting except for the schools.
1:27.0	I personally just don't have desires for the schools, but I kind of wanted to figure out like my niche and figure out like what I like and with all that being said it's been very helpful to
1:37.8	Help other students and CFs to kind of get into like that medical side.
1:43.0	I work in the inpatient acute care and mainly focus on like infants,
1:49.0	especially with a cardiac population that is I kind of found I'm like okay now this is what I love
1:54.4	so that's kind of the realm that I kind of like to stay in yeah awesome and I think that's
1:59.2	always a million dollar question right it's like how do I get to work in a medical setting but then how do I get to work in a medical setting with
2:05.3	Pedes? And then how do I get to work in a medical setting with Pedes with really
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