Managing Complex Risk in Ethical Dysphagia Management

Dr Paula Leslie CertMRCSLT, CCC-SLP Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh, USA

Mrs Hannah Crawford CertMRCSLT Consultant Speech & Language Therapist Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Trust, UK

 

·               Definitions of risk and risk management frameworks

·               Risk, ethics, and evidence based practice

·               SLT role in risk management

·               Working towards a patient-centred model

·               Caregiver burden

·               Case presentations and discussion

              Hannah Crawford is a Speech & Language Therapist based in Co. Durham (UK) and specialises in dysphagia in adults with learning disabilities.

              She is a professional advisor for the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists. She is one of the tutors on Manchester Metropolitan University's

              Advanced Dysphagia course. She is the co-chair of the ALD Dysphagia UK group, whose aim is to facilitate the sharing and development of good practice

              and clinical research in this area. Her research interests include carer compliance, ageing, and ethics. She is currently studying for a PhD at the

              University of Northumbria, where she will investigate the development of dysphagia in adults with Downs Syndrome.

              Paula Leslie is a dysphagia clinician, researcher and educator, interested in ageing, ethics and end of life decisions in vulnerable populations.

              She is also interested in health professions’ education and non-traditional routes to advanced clinical training. She is a professional advisor for the

              Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists. She was one of the designers of the world’s first dysphagia research degree for SLTs and ENTs (UK)

              and she has now joined the implementation team for the Clinical Doctorate in Medical Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh.