The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in COVID-19
Recovery (Recorded Webinar)
Presented by Lisa Clossey
Nonfinancial: Lisa Clossey has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from those of standard MedBridge courses.
This webinar aims to identify COVID-19 patients who are at a high risk for dysphagia and/or cognitive-linguistic deficits. This webinar will provide speech-language pathologists information in regard to best evaluation and treatment options, as well as continuation of care. Speech-language pathologists who complete direct care for the adult population within an acute care and/or rehabilitation setting are the target audience.
Meet your instructor
Lisa Clossey
As a graduate of Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland, Lisa has been practicing within the acute care arena for over nine years at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Prior, she practiced for approximately five years on the Traumatic Brain Injury unit for University of Maryland. She is a member of ASHA SID 2, Neurophysiology…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Dysphagia: Identification
This chapter will identify patients with COVID-19 who would be considered high-risk for experiencing dysphagia. This chapter will review basic factors that can put a patient at risk and then evaluate the impact of COVID-19.
2. Dysphagia: Evaluation
In this chapter, different types of evaluations for dysphagia will be described and reviewed. This chapter will also discuss what evaluations would work best for patients with COVID-19 based on the course of hospitalization.
3. Dysphagia: Treatment
In this chapter, different treatment options will be discussed. These treatment options will be based on different types of outcomes from patients with dysphagia secondary to COVID-19 and the management of these patients.
4. Cognition: Identification
This chapter will identify patients with COVID-19 who would be considered high-risk for experiencing cognitive deficits. This chapter will review basic factors that can put a patient at risk and then evaluate the impact of COVID-19.
5. Evaluation of Cognition
In this chapter, different types of evaluations for cognitive-linguistic skills will be described and reviewed. This chapter will also discuss the timing of evaluation and what evaluations would work best for patients with COVID-19 based on the course of hospitalization.
6. Cognition: Treatment
In this chapter, different cognitive treatment options will be discussed. These treatment options will be based on different types of outcomes from patients with cognitive-linguistic deficits secondary to COVID-19 and the hospitalization/management of these patients.
7. Question and Answer Session
This section is a viewer-submitted question and answer session facilitated by Lisa Clossey.
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