From kirchnec at kean.edu Mon Feb 11 15:40:37 2008 From: kirchnec at kean.edu (Christine Kirchner) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:40:37 -0000 Subject: [Birthtofive] Invitation to Participate in Graduate Student Healthcare Survey - Please Help! Message-ID: <26d3a52713ef.2713ef26d3a5@kean.edu> Invitation to Participate in Graduate Student Survey about Barriers that Limit Job Opportunities for Newly Graduated SLPs in Health-Care Settings Dear (Head/Director of Speech-Language Pathology Department or SLP involved in hiring), My name is Christine Kirchner and I am a graduate student in speech-language pathology at Kean University in New Jersey. I am conducting research to investigate barriers that limit job opportunities for newly graduated speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in health-care settings. I am seeking participation from SLPs who work in health-care settings and hire SLP employees. Participants will complete an online survey at no cost. All responses will be kept anonymous and confidential. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. I would greatly appreciate your participation in my survey. Please contact me, the principal investigator, or faculty supervisor (see below) if you have any questions. Please click on the following link to complete the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9T7QS8DUbC6nVk1pZNnvug_3d_3d Thank you! Christine Kirchner (Principal Investigator) Department of Communication Disorders & Deafness Kean University 1000 Morris Ave Union, New Jersey 07083 Email- kirchnec at kean.edu Theresa E Bartolotta, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Faculty Supervisor) Associate Dean, Division of Health Sciences School of Graduate Medical Education Seton Hall University 400 South Orange, New Jersey 07079 Phone- 973-275-2031 Email- bartolth at shu.edu Kean University's Institutional Review Board can be reached at- The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Kean University Campus School East 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083 Phone- 908.737.3360 - Fax- 908.737.3365 Email- orsp at kean.edu