Are you frustrated with patient positioning during video fluoroscopy studies? Ever wonder why some facilities seem to breeze through MBS studies while others struggle to get basic views? This week's episode might just change how you think about your fluoroscopy equipment forever. We're thrilled to share our conversation with Julie Kobak, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS, a […]

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Are you ready to rethink everything you know about voice therapy? If so, buckle up. This week’s episode has everything you need to help you provide fast, functional, effective, and generalizable voice therapy. We are so proud to share our conversation with Amanda Gillespie, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow about their […]

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Entrepreneurship

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In the SLP space alone, there are over 300 kinds of certifications you can achieve in your professional development journey.

While certifications are completely optional and a personal decision based on your goals and current work situation, there are certain standards to consider when browsing your options.

One question to ask yourself is: “Is this certification accredited OR undergoing the accreditation process?”

Creating an accredited certification program is not something one can randomly do or purchase. I know…who would have thought?!

Accreditation is a rigorous, lengthy, and comprehensive process with multiple levels of accountability, subject matter experts, and psychometric methods.

And the MSLP-C™ Certification is months away from being accredited!

Friends, this was a pro cess.

We have shared a TON about the “why” behind this certification. In this week’s podcast we discuss the “how”!

Lori Morgan, PhD, CCC-SLP and Manny Straehle, PhD - a psychometrician (and data wizard, in my opinion) - join me to dive into the nitty gritty about the accreditation & certifying exam process for the MSLP™ Certification including:

how accreditation works
why we need a psychometrician on the team
why and how a certification exam is created (THIS was a doozy!!)
the process of item-writing, research, and verification
what the overall goal is with this optional certification.

Tune in and prepare to be blown away by how much work was done to ensure we are offering the highest quality certification program available to medical SLPs!

Find out more about the MSLP-C™ Certification Program here: https://medslped.com/certification

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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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