Manchester Post Basic Dysphagia Course

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The following is provided as a guide as the timetable for this dysphagia training course may be altered without notice as circumstances dictate.

Theoretical Week

Monday

Aim: To give an understanding of the normal swallow and its development and identify the levels of breakdown.

08:30 Registration
09.00 Development of feeding & swallowing process
10.30 Break
10.45 Overview of congenital & structural abnormalities that may precipitate dysphagia
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Anatomy, neurology & physiology of the normal swallow
15:00 Break
15:30 Anatomy, neurology & physiology of the normal swallow
17:00 Finish

Tuesday

Aim: To give an overview of dysphagia assessment in different client groups.

09:00 Overview of acquired neurological conditions that may precipitate dysphagia
10.30 Break
11.00 Assessment of individuals swallowing difficulties: bedside swallow assessment and the use of augmentative and alternative instrumental examinations to assist in the diagnosis, identification of level of breakdown and development of a hypothesis for further investigation and intervention
12.30 Lunch
13:30 Assessment continued
15:15 Break
15:30 Assessment continued
17:00 Finish

Wednesday

Aim: To consider the role of other professionals in the management of dysphagia.

09:00 Overview of adult learning difficulties that may precipitate dysphagia
10.00 Introduction to tracheostomy
10.45 Break
11:00 Role of the Dietitian
12.30 Lunch
13:30 Role of the PT/OT
14:45 Break
15:00 Airway maintenance and suction
16:30 Finish

Thursday

Aims:
To present an overview of the remediation, adaptation and compensation in dysphagia.
To deliver an introduction to videofluoroscopy.
To consider formal and informal treatment strategies for all client groups.

09:00 Developing an intervention and management plan: remediation, adaptation & compensation. Developing a holistic management programme with consideration of sensory integration issues, compensatory postures and techniques, direct therapy and maintenance strategies.
10.30 Break
10.45 Remediation continued
12.30 Lunch
13:30 Remediation continued
15:15 Break
15:30 Remediation continued
17:00 Finish

Friday

Aims:
To discuss a range of management issues.
To consider psychosocial aspects of management.
To discuss ethical and legal issues relating to dysphagia policies and practice.
To brief participants on the six month Supervisory Period, assessment and Examination Day.

09:00 Ethical and Legal Issues
10.30 Break
10.45 Management Issues: palliative care, prioritisation of caseload, complex social circumstances may impinge on your intervention, knowing your boundaries and when to access help from senior clinicians
12.30 Lunch
13:30 Management Issues continued
14:30 Briefing on six month Supervisory Period, assessment and Examination Day
15:15 Questions and Course Evaluation
15:30 Theoretical Week finishes

Supervisory Period

A six month period from the end of the Theoretical Week to the Examination Day during which students must produce a Log of Hours and a Case Study.

Examination Day

On the Examination Day, students are required to sit a 2 hour exam and a 1 hour exam at a time and place that suits them and their invigilator.
 

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