We have SLPs who niche….and then we have SLPs who super-niche. Meet this week’s guest on the podcast, Nashifa Hooda Momin SLP.D, CCC-SLP. Nashifa joins us this week to tell us all about the world of speech-language pathology in the care of infants with congenital heart disease (CHD)…like I said, super-niche! This episode is packed […]

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Ever look at a research paper and feel your eyes glaze over at the sight of p-values and statistical jargon? You're not alone! But what if I told you that understanding research could be simpler than you think? This week, we're joined by two incredible guests who are on a mission to demystify research and […]

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What do you do when the deck is stacked against you and your career goals? How do you pivot when things aren’t going according to plan? Who do you turn to for help when you’re flying solo as a private practice owner? Vanessa Alcala M.S., CCC-SLP, CDP, has the answers to all of these questions […]

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What if you could take all of the evidence on aspiration, pneumonia, and dysphagia that has been amassed since the 1990s…

…and package it into a clinical framework for SLPs to make informed decisions about aspiration risk?

*BOLUS framework has entered the chat*

Aaron Padilla MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S and Phyllis Palmer, PhD, CCC-SLP join me on the Swallow Your Pride Podcast to introduce and explain the development of the BOLUS framework - a tool that considers:

Bolus characteristics
Oral health
Lifestyle factors
Unintended disease
System status

We dig into how this framework can guide your clinical decisions AND help you have more meaningful conversations with your patients and healthcare team about risk management.

Ready to enhance your clinical decision-making process? Tune into Episode 346 and let me know what you think!

Go and dowload the references and handout here: https://syppodcast.com/346

TIMESTAMPS:

Discussion of the Bolus Framework (00:03:13)
Physiological Actions Against Aspiration (00:04:56)
Chronic Aspiration and Inflammation Cycle (00:07:59)
Conceptualizing Risk for Aspiration Patients (00:09:34)
Oral Health and Aspiration Risks (00:11:29)
Iatrogenic Disease and Aspiration (00:13:47)
Evidence Review of the Bolus Framework (00:15:40)
Clinical Application of the Bolus Framework (00:19:08)
Implementation Science in Clinical Practice (00:23:07)
Patient-Centered Decision Making (00:24:16)
Research and Future Directions (00:25:27)
Interprofessional Collaboration (00:27:12)
Bolus Framework in Clinical Practice (00:29:25)
Health Literacy and Communication (00:32:20)
Empowering Families in Decision Making (00:33:03)
Critical Evaluation of Thickened Liquids (00:34:25)

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At the beginning of 2024, I hosted a free 5-day workshop dedicated to showing medical SLPs the ropes to achieving more at work (and for their patients) WITHOUT spending all of their money. This week, you can tune in to days 3, 4 & 5 of the Pivotal SLP Workshop! Tune in, take notes, and […]

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Have you ever requested new equipment or reimbursement for a continuing education course or certification? Did you get denied with a big fat NO?

Great! You FAILed! (At your First Attempt in Learning)

At the beginning of 2024, I hosted a free 5-day workshop dedicated to showing medical SLPs the ropes to achieving more at work (and for their patients) WITHOUT spending all of their money.

And guess what?

Now you can listen to the entire workshop on this podcast.

This week, you can tune in to days 1 & 2 of the Pivotal SLP Workshop! Tune in, take notes, and download the free Pivotal SLP Playbook to apply what you learn.

Access the workbook here: https://theresarichard.com/pivotalslpplaybook

Timestamps:

Understanding the Healthcare Ecosystem (00:02:23)
Effective Advocacy Strategies (00:04:26)
Defining Resource Needs (00:05:15)
Challenging Limiting Beliefs (00:06:06)
Identifying Key Players (00:06:59)
Learning from Nursing Models (00:08:07)
Advocacy for SLP Training (00:09:05)
Reframing Advocacy Language (00:10:42)
Understanding Healthcare Priorities (00:11:38)
Policies on Education and Funding (00:12:34)
Collaboration Across Organizations (00:13:37)
Building Relationships with Physicians (00:15:32)
Engaging with Other Departments (00:17:33)
Timing and Patience in Advocacy (00:18:25)
Exploring Grants and Foundations (00:18:25)
Understanding Grant Applications (00:19:18)
The Purpose of Grants (00:20:17)
Identifying Grant Opportunities (00:21:12)
Target Populations for Grants (00:22:12)
Local Corporate Grant Opportunities (00:23:26)
Navigating Grant Search Engines (00:24:20)
Creative Funding Approaches (00:27:06)
Foundations and Funding (00:28:07)
Leveraging LinkedIn for Networking (00:29:51)
Final Thoughts on Grant Exploration (00:30:47)

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This past August, the Mayo Clinic had accomplished what was believed to be impossible… The world’s FIRST successful *total* laryngeal transplant on a patient with active cancer! Doctors at Mayo Clinic Arizona completed the procedure on Marty, a 60-year old man with a rare form of laryngeal cancer called chondrosarcoma. A team of 6 physicians […]

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“Research shows that one out of two patients forgets half the information given to them within 24 hours, and the other half remembers it incorrectly.”

☝️This is just ONE of the many golden nuggets of information that today’s guest throws at us.

The ability to explain complex medical information and recommendations to patients in a way that’s easy to understand is a true and necessary art, which is why we have Richard Zraick Ph.D., CCC-SLP, F-ASHA, CHSE from the University of Central Florida here to talk about it!

In this week's episode, you’ll learn all about..

The two types of health literacy and how SLPs are involved in both
How tools like ChatGPT can help clinicians create more accessible patient education materials
A teaching method that, according to some studies, significantly reduces misunderstandings (and it only adds about 30 seconds to a clinical session.)
How to tackle poor health literacy from a multidisciplinary perspective
Strategies YOU can adopt to reduce medical jargon and set patients up for greater long-term outcomes.

*NOTE: October’s themed mission inside the Medical SLP Collective is Health Literacy! If you’re not yet a Collective member and want to join this month’s mission with actionable assignments to apply at your job, go to www.medslpcollective.com and enroll today!

Visit the episode page here for more links from Dr. Zraick: https://syppodcast.com/342

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