Has your FEES training been impacted by COVID-19? In this episode, Fiona and Suzanne outline some practical ideas so that you can continue to build on your knowledge and skills, towards competence and skills mastery in FEES.

Using the structure of the FEES protocol and the FEES knowledge and skills frameworks you can find opportunities to create learning experiences to enrich your knowledge and skill as a trainee FEES practitioner. Some of these may take place within a clinical environment, others as self-study or remote learning.

Even if your planned training has been interrupted, by being creative there is so much that you can do to continue with your FEES education programme.

Do get in touch if you have any comments about the content or if we have missed something that you found essential.

Thank you for listening.

Keep safe,
Fiona and Suzanne

Our contact is info@svsassociates.co.uk or you can tweet @_svs_associates

* flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing

References:

Wilson PS, Hoare TJ, Johnson AP. Milk nasendoscopy in the assessment of dysphagia. Journal of Laryngol and Otol. (1992) Vol 106 issue 6.

Rethinking Residue: Determining the Perceptual Continuum of Residue on FEES to Enable Better Measurement. Jessica M. Pisegna, Asako Kaneoka, Rebecca Leonard, Susan E. Langmore. Dysphagia (2018) 33:100–108 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-017-9838-7

History of Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing for Evaluation and Management of Pharyngeal Dysphagia: Changes over the Years. Langmore, Susan. (2017). Dysphagia. 32. 10.1007/s00455-016-9775-x.

South Australian Acute Hospital Program for Credentialing Speech Pathologists in the Extended and Advanced Practice Role of Independent Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) 2016 Departments of Speech Pathology SAHLN and CAHLN , South Australia

Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES): The role of speech and language therapy. Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Position Paper, London (2019). www.rcslt.org Wallace S, McLaughlin C, Clayton J. Coffey M, Ellis J, Haag R, Howard A, Marks H, Zorko R.

Fiona Robinson and Suzanne Slade are Speech and Language Therapists practising in the UK and we also educate health professionals in Speech Voice and Swallow. We collaborate with international experts to create fabulous learning events imparting clinical knowledge and skills. We schedule twice yearly FEES courses in Nottingham UK and create bespoke FEES training for teams at your location. Our blog and SVS PodChats explore current opinion and topics related to speech voice and swallow. Our website provides PodChats notes and further resources for some episodes.
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