SharedGround™

Clinical education platform · Speech-language pathology

Where clinical supervision and academic programs come together to build practice-ready clinicians.

An emerging clinical education platform connecting students, clinical supervisors, and academic programs through one shared placement record. Preparing for pilot implementation with speech-language pathology programs.

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Clinical Supervisor

Clinical skills update

Maya R. · Fall placement

Share your observation

Maya explained the home program clearly to the parent and checked for understanding…
Dictate or type

One quick question

How much guidance did you need to provide?

SubstantialModerateMinimal

SharedGround identified

CFCC V-B · Interaction & counseling

Confirm and send
Student
Academic Program

The gap we close

Built around the challenges you told us matter most.

"Feedback lives in emails, hallway conversations, and end-of-term forms."

SharedGround™ captures everyday supervisory feedback in one shared placement record.

“Clinical feedback happens every day, but programs lack a timely way to track progress toward required competencies.”

AI-assisted competency mapping gives programs timely visibility into student progress.

"Students hear what to work on when there’s little time left to work on it."

Students receive timely feedback and targeted learning resources while there's still time to improve.

One Placement, Three Perspectives

Each person sees what they need. Everyone works from the same record.

Perspective 1 of 3

Clinical Supervisor

Give feedback in the moment, then get back to the patient.

  • Clinical skills update

    Dictate or type an observation, answer one quick question about guidance and involvement, then confirm and send.

  • Mapped to CFCC skills

    SharedGround™ identifies the skills in each update, so your words become evaluation evidence.

  • Progress & review and Feedback history

    See each student’s development and every update you’ve sent across the placement.

  • Need support? Contact the program

    Request program involvement directly from an update when a student needs more help.

Clinical skills update

Maya R. · Fall placement

Share your observation

Maya explained the home program clearly to the parent and checked for understanding…
Dictate or type

One quick question

How much guidance did you need to provide?

SubstantialModerateMinimal

SharedGround identified

CFCC V-B · Interaction & counseling

Confirm and send

Perspective 2 of 3

Student

Know where you stand — and what to practice next.

  • My progress

    A supportive, developmental view of growth across clinical skill areas.

  • Feedback

    Read supervisor feedback as the placement unfolds, not only at evaluation time.

  • Clinical practice resources

    Targeted practice and resources matched to the skills that need support.

  • My documents

    Keep placement documents organized in one place.

SharedGround · Student · My progress

What’s going well

Clear explanations to families; checks for understanding before moving on.

Interaction & counselingDeveloping
InterventionDeveloping
Professional practiceDeveloping

Recommended practice

Adjusting the treatment approach mid-session

Perspective 3 of 3

Program Educator

See every placement clearly — without chasing emails.

  • At a glance

    Unread updates, active placements, and program-wide evidence coverage across CFCC areas.

  • Progress & review

    Review each student’s evidence by CFCC section, with midterm and final evaluation checkpoints.

  • Sites & supervisors

    Manage partner sites, placement capacity, and invite external clinical supervisors to a specific placement.

  • Clinical skills inventory

    Filter observed skills across students and export to CSV for accreditation documentation.

At a glance — SharedGround
Jj.alvarez@university.edu

At a glance

Here’s what’s happening in your program.

Northfield University

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M.S. Speech-Language Pathology

Program Director: Dr. A. Chen · DCE: J. Alvarez

View students & placements

Unread updates

6

6 unread updates from 4 supervisors.

Includes supervisor check-ins, questions, and new evidence to review.

Review updates

Clinical Evidence Coverage

Program-wide view of supervisor-reported evidence collected across active students and placements.

72%

V-A

Communication Skills

58%

V-B.1

Evaluation

64%

V-B.2

Intervention

81%

V-B.3

Interaction and Personal Qualities

Explore evidence

Screens shown are illustrations of the SharedGround™ interface with fictional names.

For program directors

From everyday clinical feedback to meaningful student development and program insight.

Every placement day produces observations. SharedGround™ turns them into a continuous, competency-aligned record — so programs can support students early and evaluate with evidence, not only at midterm and final.

  1. STEP 1

    Capture supervisor feedback

    Clinical supervisors send skill updates from their phones during the placement day.

    Clinical skills updatePhone

  2. STEP 2

    Map feedback to clinical competencies

    Each update is tied to CFCC-aligned skill areas, so evidence builds where it belongs.

    CFCCEvidence coverage

  3. STEP 3

    Support targeted student development

    Students see feedback while it matters and practice the specific skill in the Interactive Practice Library.

    FeedbackPractice Library

  4. STEP 4

    Generate structured evaluation data

    An evaluation evidence checklist (PDF) and a CSV skills inventory give programs documentation-ready records.

    PDF checklistCSV export
Invitation-only accounts. Supervisors see only the students in their placements.Evidence coverage builds across the whole placement.

Built on Customer Discovery

Informed by the people who live clinical education.

SharedGround™ has been informed by NSF I-Corps customer discovery conversations with clinical educators, supervisors, students, and other stakeholders.

Those conversations helped shape a platform focused on everyday challenges: making supervisory feedback more useful, student support more timely, and clinical progress more visible.

About the founder

Lisa Tafuro, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, founder of SharedGround™

Built by a clinician, for clinicians.

SharedGround™ was founded by Lisa Tafuro, Ph.D., CCC-SLP — a speech-language pathologist with over 25 years of clinical and academic experience.

Her experience as a clinical supervisor and university program director motivated her to develop a platform that better connects the people supporting students throughout clinical education.

Seeking early pilot partners

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Help Shape the Future of Clinical Education.

We're inviting speech-language pathology programs to explore SharedGround™, experience the platform, and help shape its development. Connect with us to request a demonstration or learn about upcoming pilot opportunities.