You might be aware of how COPD impacts breathing and swallowing, but are your just as familiar with COPD’s impact on cognition? Join Jessica Hill and Jessica Lasky in this month’s Journal Club as they go over what the research shows about comorbid cognitive impairments in COPD and how this applies to the Medical SLP!
Presented by: Jessica Hill, M.S.,CCC-SLP and Jessica Lasky, MS, CCC-SLP
Course Agenda
Minutes 0-5: Introduction of topic, articles being covered, and presenters
Minutes 5-15: An overview of COPD and cognition as it relates to the medical speech-language pathologist (SLP)
Minutes 15-58: Educational dialogue regarding the role of the medical SLP in cognitive function in patient’s with COPD along with Q and A
Minutes 58-60: Conclusionary information
Speaker Information and Disclosures:
Jessica Hill is a Speech-Language Pathologist who practices in Phoenix, Arizona. She has worked in a variety of settings including several trach/vent hospitals and rehabilitation centers, acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. She is passionate about dysphagia, high-quality patient care, and advocating for the needs of her patients.
Financial:
Medical SLP Collective- Honoraria
Non-Financial:
None.
Jessica Lasky is a medical Speech-Language Pathologist that specializes in dysphagia and the adult and geriatric populations. Jessica has worked in nearly every setting possible from outpatient neuro rehabilitation, stroke, and trauma 1 hospitals, acute rehab facilities, and SNFs.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES:
MobileScope – owner, endoscopist, receives salary
Evolutionary Education Solutions – owner, educational SLP, receives salary
Medical SLP Collective – mentor, educational SLP, receives salary
NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES:
ArSHA Medical Committee – board member
ASHA – member
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