Análisis fenoménico de competencias profesionales de fonoaudiología desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Professional competencies are considered as the set of capacities, abilities, skills and attitudes that a professional possesses in relation to the field in which he/she works. The Speech Therapy program of the University of Pamplona has proposed to update its curricular structure in order to provide the market with professionals with sufficient skills to solve the different problems that arise in their work; for this reason, the need arises to validate the professional competencies that a speech therapist has, taking into account the perspective of the interdisciplinary team that works together with this professional. METHODS: This is a qualitative-interpretative research based on phenomenology. Semistructured interviews were applied to 17 professionals of the interdisciplinary team of the speech therapist. The Atlas.ti 7.5.4 software and the Gephi 0.9.2 application were used for data analysis. RESULTS: 320 noesis and 10 noemas were identified, of which the one with the highest relationship and intentionality was the one referring to the attention processes performed by the speech therapist. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION: The informants identified that the speech therapist performance evaluation, diagnosis and intervention in human communication, in any life cycle; which coincides with the legal framework that governs these professionals. CONCLUSIONS: the professional competences of the speech therapist according to the informants, are mainly based on the processes of the assistance part, in the areas of human communication and its disorders. They also emphasize the fields of action and the team work as an essential aspect in the different processes carried out by this professional.