I Need Travel Therapy Ep 39 – Everything to Know About Traveling for Your Clinical Fellowship – Jennifer Martin MS, CCC-SLP

June 1, 2021

On this episode, we brought in the big guns to talk about traveling for your SLP Clinical Fellowship. Jennifer Martin MS, CCC-SLP, was a CF before developing into a successful SLP—and she put herself in your shoes to provide some incredible insights and advice to use during your CF experience. Looking back on her own career, Jennifer discussed working as a contractor vs. as a permanent employee, the process for becoming a travel CF, the current CF job landscape, and more.

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We Discuss

  • 0:00 Show introduction—Information on our re-brand and social media accounts
  • 1:14 Introduction to Jennifer and a brief overview of her SLP career
  • 2:05 The difference between working as a contractor vs. as a permanent employee
  • 3:39 The process for doing your CF with a travel therapy company
  • 6:40 A look at the current CF job market
  • 11:22 Doing your CF in a medical setting
  • 16:35 Doing your CF in a school setting
  • 19:01 Why starting your CF in a school setting can be beneficial
  • 24:45 PRN side work during a school setting CF year
  • 30:37 A typical day in the life of a school CF
  • 39:43 What supervision looks like in the school and medical settings
  • 48:52 The Med Travelers CF Program
  • 53:56 Advice for current and future CFs

About Jennifer Martin MS, CCC-SLP

Jennifer Martin is currently the Senior Director of Teletherapy at AMN Healthcare and host of the SLP Full Disclosure podcast. Before becoming an SLP, she got her bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of New Mexico and her masters of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at Northern Arizona University

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Producer - Jonathan Cary


Assistant Producer – Katie Schrauben

Show Notes – Sam MacKay

Music & Editing - Aidan Dykes


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