Course Details
Course Description
Comprehensive clinical decision-making guidance for oropharyngeal and esophageal swallowing disorders. This includes a review of medical history and medications, detailed clinical interviewing to understand symptom patterns and patient-reported concerns, and skilled bedside swallow evaluations. When indicated, instrumental assessments further clarify physiology and identify underlying impairments. Synthesizing these components will allow clinicians to differentiate contributing factors, determine the nature and severity of dysfunction, and write thoughtful evaluations.
Learning Objectives
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Identify clinical interviewing skills that help guide clinical decisions when differentiating an oropharyngeal swallow dysfunction and esophageal dysfunction
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Identify how FEES and MBS can provide useful information on esophageal dysfunction.
- Identify examples of documentation that suggests there may be an underlying esophageal dysphagia.
Agenda
- 00:00 Introduction and review of esophageal anatomy, disorders, and relationship of oropharynx and the esophagus
- 6:00 Integrate clinical interview and bedside swallow evaluations into decision making
- 10:00 Review MBS and FEES role in providing information on esophageal function
- 20:00 Case study for MBS and FEES
- 30:00 Adjorn and References
Refund Policy
No refunds issued for self-study courses
Webinar Notice
Successful participation in this course includes completion of the post-test with a score of 80% or higher, then participants will automatically receive a course completion certificate.
This course is offered for 0.5 Professional Development Hours. We can report your participation to ASHA if you choose for .05 ASHA CEUs, just be sure to include your ASHA number when you register. If you do not want your participation reported to ASHA, you have the option to decline on the course registration page.
Instructor(s)
Vanessa Peregrim Lauf, M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-S Vanessa Peregrim Lauf
Vanessa Peregrim Lauf received her Masters in SLP from Loyola University in 2006. She received her BCS-S in 2017. She has been working for Patheous Health formerly Carolina Speech since 2016. She is currently the clinical manager for Patheous Health for the Northeast region, based out of Baltimore, MD. Prior to working for PH, she worked in acute care for University of Maryland Medical Center. She was also an adjunct faculty member for Loyola University in ethics and advanced dysphagia for more than 7 years. She has also presented lectures and posters at the state and national conferences.
Instructor Disclosure: Ms. Lauf has the following financial relationship to disclose: she is a salaried employee of Patheous Health. Ms. Lauf has no non-financial relationships to disclose