Fewer Resources, Higher Stakes: What It Actually Takes to Be a Post-Acute SLP | Ep 399
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Swallow Your Pride Podcast, Theresa sits down with Dr. Sonal Pathak to talk about something that's been simmering in the field for a long time: the perception gap between acute care and post-acute SLPs. Dr. Pathak brings 16+ years of clinical experience across both settings and makes the case that SNF clinicians aren't "step-down" anything. They're managing medically complex patients with fewer resources, less backup, and often zero SLP colleagues in the building. The two dig into discharge planning gaps, the fight for a seat at the interdisciplinary table, how to advocate for your caseload when your DOR is a PT, and why continuity of care across settings should be the standard, not the exception. Dr. Pathak also shares her doctoral research on spontaneous swallowing frequency and how it could change bedside outcome measurement for SLPs everywhere.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my friends. So you know how passionate I am about fees, and there are a lot of us out there |
| 0:05.8 | that are advocating per fees use. But there also may be some younger SLPs or newer SLPs that are |
| 0:11.6 | signing up for courses to start scoping before they have ever really watched someone interpret an exam. |
| 0:17.6 | And this exposure is really important, and it matters. Seeing what an experienced endoscopist |
| 0:22.6 | actually looks for is what makes the courses and the advocacy land. So on May 30th, the MetSLP |
| 0:28.6 | Collective is hosting a free fees learning lab. It will be six medical SLPs across NICU, |
| 0:34.7 | outpatient, sniff, acute care, the ICU and advocacy walking through what they see when they scope and why it matters. |
| 0:41.8 | If you're newer to fees, this is the exposure you've been missing. |
| 0:45.4 | And if you're already deep in doing fees, there is real value in watching other experienced clinicians and the things they catch that you might not. |
| 0:52.3 | You can register for this free event at MetSLPcollective.com |
| 0:56.9 | forward slash learning lab. |
| 0:58.5 | You get the recording for a week, |
| 1:00.2 | and if you want Ashes CE, |
| 1:01.7 | those come through joining the collective. |
| 1:03.7 | And we would love to see you there. |
| 1:05.4 | Thank you. Welcome to the Swallow Your Pride podcast. I'm your host, Teresa Richard. I'm a board certified |
| 1:23.6 | specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, a mobile fees business owner and |
| 1:27.9 | founder of the MetSLP Collective. |
| 1:30.3 | This podcast is all about delivering the latest evidence-based practice to medical SLPs |
| 1:34.5 | everywhere. |
| 1:35.5 | Whether you're a new clinician seeking tangible tools for treatment or a seasoned vet stuck in a |
| 1:40.1 | rut, my goal is to help ditch the old school ways of the past that no longer serve you or your |
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