Od-028895 Ethics and Eating: Celebrating the Circle of Life Course
Type
Credit
Description
This course/content offers Continuing Professional Education credits. To claim the credits, the course must be completed prior to 10/21/2023. Once your evaluation is complete, log on to https://medstar.cloud-cme.com and toggle to your Transcript to find the credits the next business day.
Susan I. Wranick, MS, MA, CCC-SLP
Susan, a Milwaukee native, is a national speaker, author, linguist and medical professional passionate about communication, quality of life, and giving voice to other people's voices. She began her career as a translator/interpreter for the Italian Ministry of Defense and later moved to clinical work as a speech language pathologist.
Media appearances include ABC, CBS, public radio and TEDx. Clients include the Smithsonian and National Geographic. Susan speaks on a variety of subjects, including aphasia, better brain health, clear communication, dementia, ethics and eating, and living successfully with Parkinson's Disease. She is in private practice in Washington, DC, where she treats speech, memory and swallowing disorders related to dementia, stroke and Parkinson's Disease in the adult and geriatric population. Her firm, SpeakSkill, brings together linguistic, cultural and medical expertise to provide training and therapy in comprehensive skills enhancement.
Objectives
- Discuss three phases of swallow and underlying physiology.
- Identify etiology of dysphagia.
- Explain three diagnostics for swallow assessment specifying advantages and limitations.
- Discuss primary causes of aspiration pneumonia and the role of dysphagia.
- Identify three myths/mistakes pertaining to swallow.
Tags
Ethics Eating Nutrition End of Life Palliative swallow swallow assessment speech speech pathology dysphagia dysphasia aspiration pneumonia aspiration food Dementia Gag reflex laryngoscopy Swallow study diet dietary modifications IDDSI Dietician opacity infiltrate oral hygiene tube feeding feeding dentition straw speech therapy communication hospice atropine CE-ALL