Are you a male in year 12? Are you unsure of what to study next year? Do you enjoy science, communicating  with people and want to be a pioneerin the field? Then speech pathology is for YOU!

In Australia, 97% of speech pathologists are woman. The profession needs more men.  Male speech pathologists are currently in demand and are highly sought after both in Australia and around the world. Follow the links below to discover more about an exciting and diverse career in speech pathology!

Downloadable materials

Videos

Dr Shane Erickson PhD
Speech pathologist and academic, School of Human Communication Sciences, La Trobe University
Learn about the speech pathologist’s role in an acute hospital setting.

David Meade
Speech pathologist and manager of speech pathology department, Southern Health
Hear an overview of the different professionals that form part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Dr Adam Vogel PhD
Researcher and speech pathologist, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
Learn about how research in speech pathology contributes to medicine.

Factsheet

Click to download useful information about the role of a speech pathologist as well as undergraduate and graduate-entry study options.

Powerpoint

Careers counsellors, click to download information to show male high school students interested in speech pathology or the health sciences.

REAL MEN DO SPEECH PATHOLOGY (zip file containing Powerpoint Presentation and Movie Files)	REAL MEN DO SPEECH PATHOLOGY (Powerpoint Presentation with online movie files)
NSW.zip  [ 24 M ] Qld.zip  [ 24 M ] SA.zip  [ 24 M ] Vic.zip  [ 24 M ] WA.zip  [ 24 M ]	NSW-online.pptx  [ 2.6 M ] Qld-online.pptx  [ 2.6 M ] SA-online.pptx  [ 2.6 M ] VIC-online.pptx  [ 2.6 M ] WA-online.pptx  [ 2.6 M ]

 

Project undertaken by Thomas Gauci, Tiffany Goring, Jacqueline Younger, Sarah Jackson and Kirsty Vincent.
Supervised by Dr Susan Block and Dr Shane Erickson, La Trobe University.