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[Dysphagia] How many speech pathologists in the room duringthe swallow study
There should be a middle of the road position for you to allow you to review
the study before you write the note-not hours of meticulous examination but
you need to confirm what you think you see in a 1 second clip before you
write a note.
Dr B Sonies
On 2/16/07 10:37 AM, "Thompson, Elana" <EThompson at mountnittany.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dysphagia-bounces at b9.com [mailto:dysphagia-bounces at b9.com]On
> Behalf Of LuckyLuk
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:07 AM
> To: Dysphagia List
> 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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