038 – Matt Ward, M.S., CCC-SLP – Part 3 of a “Frank” Discussion: Why It Is So Crucial To Have A Solid Foundation In Dysphagia Prior To Completing Instrumental Assessments And Making Recommendations For Our Patients
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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In this episode, Matt Ward is back for part 3 of his interview to discuss how our recommendations can help our patients or hold them back from reaching their full potential, and it’s vital that we are well educated on the impact that all of our recommendations can have.
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 38 of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast and this is part three of our conversation with Matt Ward |
| 0:06.9 | and today we finally get into the most important part, well what I consider the most important part of the report and what Matt does also, the recommendations. |
| 0:16.3 | So this is where you take all of the medical history, your patient's wishes, the physiological |
| 0:21.1 | impairments, other observations, |
| 0:23.0 | and pretty much everything you know about the world of dysphagia |
| 0:26.0 | in order to make the most appropriate recommendations for your patient. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Swallow Your Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board |
| 0:36.0 | certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders and I know firsthand |
| 0:40.4 | how much confusing and conflicting information there is out there about how we |
| 0:44.0 | assess and treat swallowing disorders. This podcast is all about bringing everyone together, |
| 0:49.3 | getting on the same page, being open to new ideas, and using evidence-based treatment strategies for our |
| 0:54.9 | patients with dysphagia. |
| 0:56.8 | So let's get into it. |
| 0:57.8 | Hi everyone, welcome back to the episode a few announcements today |
| 1:06.8 | since this is part three of our report writing series and this part is all about |
| 1:12.1 | recommendations if you do feel that you need more help with |
| 1:15.8 | report writing or documentation or if you're on the receiving end as an SLP getting some kind of |
| 1:22.0 | sub-par reports and you're really wanting to learn more |
| 1:24.4 | about what really should be in these reports. We are having a webinar tomorrow |
| 1:29.2 | night which is April 25th it's at 8 o'clock Eastern time and it is a webinar that is free for all |
| 1:35.1 | medical SLP solution members. So if you'd like to join you can go to med SLP |
| 1:39.9 | solution. And yes it will be recorded so if you aren't able to join a time and you miss this deadline, it will be in there, it will be recorded. It's a one hour webinar. It is not for CEOs, but I just kind of go through the everything that should be included in |
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