[Dysphagia] Textbooks

[TBAGGS at astate.edu (TERRY W. BAGGS)]

You say in your response that one cannot write tutorials.  I have read
numerous tutorials on a variety of topics through the years.

 

 

 

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From: Irene Campbell-Taylor [mailto:eripley at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:32 PM
To: TERRY W. BAGGS; dysphagia at b9.com
Subject: RE: [Dysphagia] Textbooks

 



"TERRY W. BAGGS" <TBAGGS at astate.edu> wrote: 

Although I disagree with you on your premise that an introductory course
in swallowing needs no text,

*** I believe i indicated that textbooks are appropriate only in
undergraduate courses. Since I have never taught undergraduates, i have
no opinion on texts.

 

 I do respect your opinion. I'm assuming
from that answer that you've written no text.

*** See above - of course not.

That leads me to the second question that you didn't answer. Have you
written any tutorials that would assist students in a thorough and
critical look at the literature?

*** One cannot write tutorials. One conducts them and I have conducted
hundreds.

 

Put another way, what is your estimate of the
research base that leads one to "best practices" in swallowing and
swallowing disorders?

*** There is none apart from a thorough understanding of the seminal
articles.



-----Original Message-----
From: dysphagia-bounces at b9.com [mailto:dysphagia-bounces at b9.com] On
Behalf Of Irene Campbell-Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:35 PM
To: dysphagia at b9.com
Subject: [Dysphagia] Textbooks

Before answering the question, I need to clarify it. If one means a
textbook to be used in a Master's course, my answer is, none. Textbooks
do not belong at the graduate level. At that point, one should have
sufficient background in fundamental information and research methods to
study only the literature in a critical manner. The best textbooks
supply only the most basic information and are quickly out of date.
If one means a book from which one can learn the necessary information
to be able to manage dysphagic patients, again, my answer is, none. That
would be analogous to learning to ride a bicycle by reading a manual.

Dr I Campbell-Taylor
Clinical Neuroscientist
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