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2020 MTM - COVID, It's Hard to Swallow: Managing Patients with Dysphagia during the Pandemic


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Description:

This 8.5 hour continuing education event was developed by the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders to provide timely, critical information about the assessment and treatment of dysphagia during the COVID pandemic to clinicians around the globe. This educational course includes seven distinct presentations integrated into one event and is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Bracco Diagnostics. The event begins with Dr. Michael Pulia, MD., M.S. who describes the pathophysiology underlying SARS-COV-2/CoVID-19 and its impact on the lungs. Dr. Luis Riquelme follows with a description of how CoVID-19 has impacted the implementation of the clinical swallowing evaluation. Dr. Martin Brodsky and Dr. John Ashford address instrumental assessment with presentations regarding VFSS and FEES respectively. These talks are followed by Ms. Pauline Hensley’s presentation on providing swallowing care to pediatric patients with COVID.. Dr. Georgia Malandraki then presents contemporary tele-management practices to provide high-standard dysphagia therapy. The event wraps up with a panel of experts including Ms. Megan Urban, Dr. Aneesha Virani, Dr. Jordan Hazelwood, Ms. Kara Fletcher-Larson, Ms. Tiffany Mohr and Ms. Rinki Varindani Desai. The panel will examine the impact of the CoVID-19 pandemic on clinical supervision and student support.

Duration:

The course is made up of 6 sessions and 1 panel discussion for a total of approximately 8 1/2 hours. No CEUs are available for this course after April 30, 2023.


Pricing and Certificate of Completion

Due to the generous support of Bracco Diagnostics, there is no registration fee for this course. 

You will receive your certificate for this course upon completion of the online Learning Assessment.  ASHA CEUs are not available for this course.

 

 

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Discuss whether FEES is an elective medical procedure, or a necessary procedure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Identify considerations for the videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Describe standard protocols and precautions for dealing with COVID-19.
  • Discuss the data on SARS-CoV-2 transmission to appropriate infection control procedures during dysphagia evaluation and treatment.
  • Describe the regulatory and legal guidelines needed to establish a dysphagia telehealth program during the pandemic and beyond.
  • Identify 3 protocols challenged by differing recovery patterns in patients with COVID-19.
  • Identify three resources to support student training in dysphagia management.

Educational Grant Disclaimer:

 

 

This educational event is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Bracco Diagnostics.

 

 

 

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SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS

 

SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: A Primer for DeglutologistsSpeaker:

 

Speaker:
Michael Pulia, M.D.

Dr. Pulia is a tenure track, Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Madison School of Medicine & Public Health. He earned his medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago, serving as a Chief Resident. He completed his graduate work at UW-Madison, including a MS of Clinical Investigation in 2016 and a PhD anticipated in 2020. Dr. Pulia’s Emergency Care for Infectious Diseases (EC-ID) research program focuses on improving the management of infectious diseases in the emergency department, with an emphasis on systems engineering guided interventions. He has active funding from intra and extramural sources, including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. His research has been presented at numerous national and international conferences, including the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, ID-Week, and the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. He is a nationally recognized expert in the management of resistant bacterial infections, sepsis, skin infections, pneumonia and urinary tract infections. From 2014-2019, Dr. Pulia chaired the American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Antibiotic Stewardship Task Force, representing emergency medicine at the White House One Health Forum and the United Nations Global Antibiotic Resistance Challenge. Since the onset of the pandemic, Dr. Pulia has shifted his focus to COVID-19. In addition to multiple ongoing research projects and publications, Dr. Pulia serves as a content expert on the Dysphagia Research Society COVID-19 Taskforce.  

Disclosures:
Financial:  Dr. Pulia is employed by the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and receives a salary.  He receives grant funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Nonfinancial: Dr. Pulia has no nonfinancial disclosures.

The CSE: What has changed since COVID-19 arrived?

Speaker:
Luis F. Riquelme, Ph.D.,CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Dr. Riquelme is an Associate Professor at New York Medical College. He is also Director, Center for Swallowing and Speech-Language Pathology, New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. He is the Director of Barrique Speech-Language Pathology, PC in Brooklyn. He specializes in working with adults and is a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing & Swallowing Disorders. He completed his M.S. at Columbia University and his Ph.D. at The Graduate Center, CUNY. He teaches courses in dysphagia, management of medical patients, professional issues and ethics, and co-teaches modules in diagnostic methods. He also developed and teaches the diagnostic practicum rotation at New York Methodist Hospital. He has authored articles on swallowing disorders (dysphagia), multiculturalism, cultural competence, leadership and quality improvement. He has presented locally and nationally, and has been on several local and national boards and committees. He is the former Chair of the American Board on Swallowing & Swallowing Disorders and the NY State Board for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. He is Past Chair of the ASHA Multicultural Issues Board and Past President of the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Riquelme is also a co-founder of the Hispanic Caucus for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (1992). He became an American Speech-Language Hearing (ASHA) Fellow in 2009 and in 2006 he received ASHA’s Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Multicultural Affairs. In 2001 he received NYSSLHA’s Distinguished Service Award.

Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Riquelme is employed by New York Medical College and the Barrique Speech-Language Pathology, PC and receives a salary. 
Non-financial: Dr. Riquelme is a Board Member of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (ISSDI).  He is past Chair of the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.

Fluoroscopy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The black and white…and the gray

Speaker:
Martin B. Brodsky, Ph.D., Sc.M., CCC-SLP, F-ASHA

 Martin B. Brodsky, Ph.D., Sc.M., CCC-SLP, F-ASHA is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is also member of the Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, a multidisciplinary clinical and research group dedicated to understanding and improving patient outcomes after critical illness and surgery at Johns Hopkins University. His peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters focus on swallowing and swallowing disorders, and laryngeal injury after endotracheal intubation. Dr. Brodsky’s research program is funded by the National Institutes of Health, studying the effects of critical illness and critical care medicine on swallowing and the airway and their long-term outcomes. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, an Associate Editor for Dysphagia and a Section Editor for Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. His clinical practice specializes in adult swallowing and neurologic communication disorders.

Disclosures: 

Financial: Dr. Brodsky is employed by Johns Hopkins University and receives a salary. He is also employed by NIH and receives a salary. Dr. Brodsky receives royalties from MedBridge for teaching and speaking. He also received an honorarium from the AB-SSD for this presentation.
Nonfinancial: Dr. Brodsky has no non-financial disclosures.

Considerations and Experiences Using FEES During COVID-19 Pandemic


Speaker:

John R. Ashford, Ph.D

John R. Ashford, Ph.D., is Education Director and Co-Owner of SA Swallowing Services, provider of instrumental dysphagia assessment services to health care facilities, and FEES training courses. He holds Bachelor and Master’s Degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He served as a Medical Speech-Language Pathologist with the Department of Veterans Affairs for 28 years, and Associate Professor at Tennessee State University and adjunct clinical Professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine for 25 years. He recently served as visiting professor at Dar Al-Hekma University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He served as President of the Tennessee Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a Life-member of ASHA. He is published and has presented at the local, state, national, and international levels with special research interests in evidence-based practice and dysphagia treatments, oral care and dysphagia, analysis of FEES studies, and factors in the development of pneumonia from aspiration in patients with dysphagia.

 

Disclosures:
Financial:  Dr. Ashford is Co-Owner of SA Swallowing Services and receives a salary. He received a speaker honorarium from the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.
Nonfinancial: Dr. Ashford has no relevant nonfinancial disclosures. 

COVID-19 and Dysphagia in Pediatric Populations

Speaker:
Pauline Hensley, M.S., CCC-SLP

Pauline Hensley, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.

Disclosures:

Financial: Ms. Hensley is employed by Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and receives a salary. She received a speaker honorarium from the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.
Nonfinancial:  Ms. Hensley has no relevant nonfinancial disclosures.

Dysphagia tele-management during COVID-19:  Contemporary evidence & standards to guide clinical practice

Speaker:
Georgia Malandraki, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S

 Dr. Malandraki is an Associate Professor of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences and Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University and a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing & Swallowing Disorders. She investigates developmental and treatment neuroplasticity, and rehabilitative and telehealth interventions for dysphagia. Malandraki has 15 years of experience in the area of telehealth for dysphagia management.

 

Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. Malandraki is employed by and receives a salary.  She has received grant funding from the Purdue Research Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIBIB).  She has an ownership interest and intellectual property rights from Curasis, LLC.  She received a speaker honorarium from the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders for this presentation.
Nonfinancial:  Dr. Malandraki the Secretary/Treasurer and member for the COVID-19 Taskforce for the Dysphagia Research Society.   She is Co-Chair of the Telehealth Taskforce for the Indiana Speech Language Hearing Association.

Dysphagia Management in 2020: Guidance on Clinical Supervision & Student Support Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Speakers:
Megan M. Urban, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Disclosures: Megan Urban is employed by Duke University Hospital and receives a salary.  She received an honorarium from the AB-SSD for this presentation.
Non-financial: Ms. Urban is a member of the AB-SSD and is the SIG 13 Coordinator.  She participated on the Joint Committee on Dysphagia Competencies, which developed the Dysphagia Verification Competency Tool.

Aneesha Virani, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Disclosures:  Dr. Virani is employed by Northside Hospital and receives a salary. She received an honorarium from the AB-SSD for this presentation.
Non-financial:  Dr. Virani is Editor for Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders: Coordinating Committee Member for SIG 13.  She is a member on Task Forces for the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

R. Jordan Hazelwood, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Disclosures: Dr. Hazelwood is employed by Appalachian State University and receives a salary. She received an honorarium from the AB-SSD for this presentation.
Non-financial:  No non-financial disclosures exist.

Kara R. Fletcher-Larson, M.S., CCC-SLP

Disclosures: Dr. Fletcher-Larson is employed by Boston Children’s Hospital and receives a salary.  She received an honorarium from the AB-SSD for this presentation.
Non-financial:  No non-financial disclosures exist.

Tiffany M. Mohr, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Disclosures:  Ms. Mohr is employed by Orlando Health- Orlando Regional Medical Center and receives a salary.  She received an honorarium from the AB-SSD for this presentation.
Non-financial:  Ms. Mohr is a member of the AB-SSD, ASHA SIG 13, and participates on the Coordinating Committee for ASHA.

Rinki Varindani Desai, M.S., CCC-SLP

Disclosures:  Ms. Desai is employed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center and receives a salary.  She received an honorarium from the AB-SSD for this presentation.
Non-financial:  Ms. Desai is Associate Coordinator of the ASHA SIG-13 (Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders) Coordinating Committee, Co-Chair of the Dysphagia Research Society's COVID-19 Task Force, and a Member of the Mississippi Speech and Hearing Association's Telehealth and Healthcare Committees.

Contact

AB-SSD Office: info@swallowingdisorders.org

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