What do you do when the deck is stacked against you and your career goals? How do you pivot when things aren’t going according to plan? Who do you turn to for help when you’re flying solo as a private practice owner? Vanessa Alcala M.S., CCC-SLP, CDP, has the answers to all of these questions […]

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What if you could take all of the evidence on aspiration, pneumonia, and dysphagia that has been amassed since the 1990s…

…and package it into a clinical framework for SLPs to make informed decisions about aspiration risk?

*BOLUS framework has entered the chat*

Aaron Padilla MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S and Phyllis Palmer, PhD, CCC-SLP join me on the Swallow Your Pride Podcast to introduce and explain the development of the BOLUS framework - a tool that considers:

Bolus characteristics
Oral health
Lifestyle factors
Unintended disease
System status

We dig into how this framework can guide your clinical decisions AND help you have more meaningful conversations with your patients and healthcare team about risk management.

Ready to enhance your clinical decision-making process? Tune into Episode 346 and let me know what you think!

Go and dowload the references and handout here: https://syppodcast.com/346

TIMESTAMPS:

Discussion of the Bolus Framework (00:03:13)
Physiological Actions Against Aspiration (00:04:56)
Chronic Aspiration and Inflammation Cycle (00:07:59)
Conceptualizing Risk for Aspiration Patients (00:09:34)
Oral Health and Aspiration Risks (00:11:29)
Iatrogenic Disease and Aspiration (00:13:47)
Evidence Review of the Bolus Framework (00:15:40)
Clinical Application of the Bolus Framework (00:19:08)
Implementation Science in Clinical Practice (00:23:07)
Patient-Centered Decision Making (00:24:16)
Research and Future Directions (00:25:27)
Interprofessional Collaboration (00:27:12)
Bolus Framework in Clinical Practice (00:29:25)
Health Literacy and Communication (00:32:20)
Empowering Families in Decision Making (00:33:03)
Critical Evaluation of Thickened Liquids (00:34:25)

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At the beginning of 2024, I hosted a free 5-day workshop dedicated to showing medical SLPs the ropes to achieving more at work (and for their patients) WITHOUT spending all of their money. This week, you can tune in to days 3, 4 & 5 of the Pivotal SLP Workshop! Tune in, take notes, and […]

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