[Dysphagia] How many speech pathologists in the room duringthe swallow study

[EThompson at mountnittany.org (Thompson, Elana)]

Hello everyone.
At our 200-some bed acute care hospital I am the only SLP and I only work part-time.  I do videos--as flawed and unscientific as they are--everyday and I do them by myself with a radiology tech.  I prefer the tech being there because she takes the study more seriously than the MD and I can examine the esophagus of any patient wihtout meeting with any resistance.  If we need a doc we go get one and he/she comes in and takes a look.  For the sake of time, I can't even imagine routinely reviewing the video tape after each study and then writing a report.  I take notes on a worksheet during the study, the MD gets the notes, I write my report from that paper and he dictates his from the same.
Efficient, low-key, and no increased incidence of dysphagia complications, etc. from my predecessor who spent hours meticulously pouring over each VFSS.

All the best,
Elana Thompson, MS, CCC-SLP  



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Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:07 AM
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Subject: [Dysphagia] How many speech pathologists in the room duringthe
swallow study


Hi everybody

My belief is that radiologists prefer not to get involved in a team work 
generaly, as they prefer to work alone with their imaging panel...
However every one in a team can contribute to better conduct and 
interprete the study.
I think that "two pairs of eyes are better that one" and I reconfirm 
that almost everyday of my practicing VFS s
I would like to put a question though, regarding the more efficient 
study procedure.
My SLP prefers to report the study separetely from me. I prefer to reach 
the concesus  before the written report, reviewing together the video. 
If there is not a concesus reached, the SLP should have the 
responsibility of the patient's work up.
Any suggestions from everyday clinical practice?


Lukas Dagdilelis
Radiologist
G.Papanikolaou Gen. Hosp.
Thessaloniki
Greece

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