2020: A Hard Year to Swallow

Audience: SLP, OTs are welcome to attend
Course level: Intermediate
Course Date: Saturday, February 20th, 2021
Course check in time:  Saturday 8:45-9 am
Course time: 9-3 pm
Location: TEAMs/live webinar
Course Fee: $100 for non-Fairview employees ( Price reduced from $130.00)
Contact Hours: 5.5

Course intended to be completed in full.  If you need to arrive late or leave early the CE department must be notified before course takes place for contact hours to be adjusted.

OT/OTA: You will receive a certificate of course completion with total CE contact hours. M HEALTH Fairview is no longer an approved provider through AOTA. For additional information about CE requirements for license, please see MN Statute 148.6443: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/148.6443

MN statutes 143.6443, subdivision SUBD.2 “Standards for determining the qualified education activities” will continue to be utilized in determining appropriate OT related CE courses.

ASHA: This course will be registered through ASHA. Hours for partial credit attended will be adjusted on your course certificate and ASHA logo removed.  You may still be able to submit the hours attended towards your licensure. 

Cancellation Fee: Cancellation Fees will apply

Course Description:

This intermediate level, ADULT-focused dysphagia course will review up to date evidence and intervention implications for COVID-19 population.  The second half of the course will focus on the origin and identification of cultural biases in healthcare pertaining to dysphagia intervention.  We will learn techniques to provide culturally-competent services for adults who have swallowing disorders across several different cultures.  An interactive portion of each topic will allow shared experiences and pandemic learnings, as well as collective discussion about ideas to improve culturally-competent services in your work environment(s).

Instructor:

Rosalee Lentz is a Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and Speech-Language Pathology Supervisor at M Health Fairview Southdale and M Health Fairview Ridges hospitals.  She has been a Fairview SLP for 13 years and is passionate about multidisciplinary care in the treatment of dysphagia.  Her pretend professional goal is to communicate with colleagues using only memes and gifs.  

Financial disclosure:  Rosalee will receive a honoraria for speaking and teaching on this topic.
Non-Financial: Rosalee has no non-financial disclosures to disclose. 

Course Objectives:

  • Identify and review current literature re: dysphagia intervention in COVID-19 population.
  • Examine and discuss case scenarios re: timing, intervention methods, and referral recommendations for COVID-19 patients.
  • Identify areas of cultural barriers and biases in SLP dysphagia intervention.
  • Learn methods to improve culturally-competent dysphagia assessment and treatment.

Agenda:

8:45-9 am    Check in time
9:00-10:00   Introduction to topics: COVID-19 and Dysphagia in Adults, Cultural Barriers in Dysphagia Intervention
10:00-12:00 Respiration and mentation changes and deconditioning impact to swallow physiology,  considerations for oral care, assessment and treatment protocols, instrumental evaluations, care planning, and telehealth implications
12:00-12:30 Lunch Break
12:30-1:30 COVID-19 Patient case scenarios and COVID Dysphagia Q&A
1:30-2:15 Identification of possible cultural biases and barriers in SLP intervention, implications of cultural barriers on clinical swallow evals, diet recommendations and end of life decision making
2:15-3:00 Developing cultural competence constructs for dysphagia intervention, Discussion and Q&A

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