Ms Jordana Maio

Jordana has extensive clinical experience working in the neurosciences unit in one of the major metropolitan hospitals in Adelaide. Her clinical area of expertise includes acquired adult communication, cognition, and swallowing disorders, including tracheostomy management. Jordana also has project management experience having worked on a project for the Allied Health Department of FMC increasing allied health FTE across the general medical units. Jordana has worked as the principal clinical educator for the student Fluency Clinic at Flinders University. Before making her move to UniSA, Jordana worked for many years as the clinical education coordinator for the speech pathology programs at Flinders University. She established many relationships between industry and higher education, training clinicians to take students on placement and designing innovative placement models.

Jordana is currently completing her Doctor of Philosophy at Torrens University Australia under the supervisorship of Professor Paul Ward, Dr Belinda Lunnay and Emeritus Professor Caroline Smith. 

Speech Pathology Australia Member

Asia-Pacific Education Collaboration - Speech-language Pathology (APEC-SLP)

SPICE: Speech Pathologists with an Interest in Clinical Education

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Speech Pathology Flinders University

Work history

Jordana has extensive clinical experience working in the neurosciences unit in one of the major metropolitan hospitals in Adelaide. Her clinical area of expertise includes acquired adult communication, cognition, and swallowing disorders, including tracheostomy management. Jordana also has project management experiince having worked on a project for the Allied Health Department of FMC increasing allied health FTE across the general medical units. Jordana has worked as the principal clinical educator for the student Fluency Clinic at Flinders University. Before making her move to UniSA, Jordana worked for five years as the clinical education coordinator for the speech pathology programs at Flinders University. She established many relationships between industry and higher education, training clinicians to take students on placement and designing innovative placement models.

Jordana is currently completing her Doctor of Philosophy at Torrens University Australia under the supervisorship of Professor Paul Ward, Dr Belinda Lunnay and Emeritus Professor Caroline Smith.