Connecting the Dots between MBS Evaluation and Treatment 

This course consists of five presentations and supporting documents

BRSS CEU_Provider

 This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level; Professional area). 

CEU Credits 

  • You must complete all presentations.
  • Every participant will be required to complete an ASHA CEU participation Form, assessment of learning and evaluation sheets.
  • You will receive a certificate of completion from BRS-S within three weeks of completing the application and submitting to BRS-S.
  • Your ASHA CEU credits will be processed through the Specialty Board on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and submitted to ASHA twice yearly in June and November.
  • The regular price for the course is $50.00
    • BRS-S members get a 25% discount - get the coupon code by logging onto your account at swallowingdisorders.org.
    • Students get a 50% discount, contact Karen Schnieder This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the coupon code.
    • Groups of four or more get a 50% discount, contact Karen Schnieder This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the coupon code.

 

Course Description

This program will highlight the history of the modified barium swallow study (MBSS) from inception to current clinical use as a gold-standard, diagnostic tool for dysphagia assessment. Supportive evidence for the importance of standardization of assessment methods, materials and decision making algorithms will be explained. The role of the MBSS in the systematic assessment of intervention effects will be reviewed. Supportive evidence for standardization of image acquisition, recording, and interpretation on radiation exposure and diagnostic yield will be detailed.

Duration

The presentation is approximately 2 hours long.

 

Learning Objectives

After completing this session you will be able to:

  • Discuss the history of development of the Modified Barium Swallow (MBS)
  • Describe the diagnostic and therapeutic importance of the MBS
  • Define the role and importance of standardized decision-making rules for interpreting the MBS
  • Identify radiation safety considerations related to performance of the MBS
  • Define the role of standardized barium contrast textures in the conduct of the MBS
  • Describe the importance of similarity between prescribed food texture and MBS barium contrast textures
  • Identify situations in their clinical lives in which MBS decision-making would have been enhanced by standardized decision-making rules.

 

Presenters

Jerilyn A. Logemann, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-S

Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at
Northwestern University, and Professor of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery
and Neurology at Northwestern University Medical School.

 

James L. Coyle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; BRS-S

Assistant Professor, Communication Science and Disorders University of Pittsburgh 

 

Bonnie Martin-Harris, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-S

Professor of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery and College of Health Professions, Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing, Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, ASHA Fellow.

 

JoAnne Robbins Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-S

Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison with Affiliate Professor appointments in Radiology, Nutritional Sciences and Biomedical Engineering; Associate Director for Research, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI; ASHA Fellow. She is inventor on 3 issued patents and one currently submitted. For her first decade at the UW, she taught their first courses in swallowing disorders and head & neck cancer through the Department of Communicative Disorders.

 

Disclosures

Verbal Disclosures will be done by each speaker before their respective presentations 

Dr. Robbins discloses a relationship with Swallow Solutions, LLC, which is dedicated to improving health status and quality of life for patients suffering from swallowing disorders by focusing on clinical research in dysphagia.

Dr. Martin-Harris NIH/NIDCD: R01DC011290, R21 DC010480
VA RR&D C7135R
Bracco Diagnostics, Inc., Educational and Data Base Grants
Northern Speech Services, Speaker
Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, Consultant/Mentor
Connecting the Dots Presentations
Connecting the Dots CEU Application