Co-designing Digital Tools to Enhance Speech and Language Therapy Training in Ghana

Lorraine Hudson; Clement Amponsah; Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe; Julie Marshall; Nana Akua Victoria Owusu; Khalid Hussein; Jess Linington; Zoe Banks Gross; Jane Stokes; Róisín McNaney

doi:10.1145/3313831.3376474

Co-designing Digital Tools to Enhance Speech and Language Therapy Training in Ghana

Lorraine Hudson, Clement Amponsah, Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe, Julie Marshall, Nana Akua Victoria Owusu, Khalid Hussein, Jess Linington, Zoe Banks Gross, Jane Stokes, Róisín McNaney

Department of Audiology, Speech And Language Therapy

University of Bristol

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Abstract

Ghana has a population of over 27 million people, of which 1 in 15 may have a communication disability. The number of speech and language therapists (SLTs) available to support these people remains remarkably small, presenting a major workforce challenge. As an emerging profession, there remain significant challenges around educating the first generation of SLTs. Ghana, however, has a healthy digital infrastructure which can be taken advantage of. We describe a comprehensive study which aimed to co-design a set of locally appropriate digital tools to enhance SLT training in Ghana. We contribute insights into how digital tools could support social learning and the transition from student to independent practitioner and future clinical supervisor. We offer a set of design recommendations for creating an online Community of Practice to enhance continuing professional development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450367080
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376474
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2020
Event	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 - Honolulu Duration: 25 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	25/04/20 → 30/04/20

Keywords

co-design
ghana
mobile learning
speech and language therapy

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Hudson, L., Amponsah, C., Bampoe, J. O., Marshall, J., Owusu, N. A. V., Hussein, K., Linington, J., Banks Gross, Z., Stokes, J., & McNaney, R. (2020). Co-designing Digital Tools to Enhance Speech and Language Therapy Training in Ghana. In CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 3376474 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376474

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Co-designing Digital Tools to Enhance Speech and Language Therapy Training in Ghana. / Hudson, Lorraine; Amponsah, Clement; Bampoe, Josephine Ohenewa et al.
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