Christina Smith

Delighted to share our systematic review of eating, drinking and oro-pharyngeal swallowing in those born with OA/TOF. Highlights the frequency of difficulties, common mealtime adaptations and impact of eating/drinking QOL. Open access 👀 rdcu.be/dMNWy @LondonPDCEN

@NathanDavies50 @QMUL_WIPH @QMULPsychiatry @CAPS_UCL Congratulations Nathan. They are very lucky to have you.

@BSK_Voice @NIHRcommunity @NIHRresearch @uclh @KingsCollegeLon Congratulations Brian. Enjoy!

It's official... 5th time in higher education, this time as an NIHR DCAF fellow. PhD here I come! @NIHRcommunity @NIHRresearch @uclh @KingsCollegeLon

Scoping review protocol ✅ Next steps: update results and publish @rhalfpennyslt @csmithUCL @siofmulkerrin @UCLLaSSLibrary onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

What does the future hold for graduate-entry nursing course numbers? Why start at Band 5 as a Staff Nurse after a two-year graduate-entry nursing course when for the same study commitment and loan debt you can go straight in at Band 7 as a Physician Associate.

One of our wonderful current project groups have made this video and have given LR permission to share across our social media channels. We are proud to host the product of their group work, sharing their lived experience of recovering from #TBI

Brilliant session-Evidence Review of thickener @UKSRG2.We need to be mindfully&thoroughly balanced in our patient centred approach. No doubt we need more SLTs to manage this well…and I think especially in rapid response community teams to support most effectively? #uksrg2024

Thuy Frakking has never attended a conference with 2 speakers back to back discussing cervical auscultation and neither have we! Thuy is here speaking on diagnostic test accuracy of CA #UKSRG2024

#UKSRG2024 next up Dr Joanne Murray all the way from Adelaide, Australia. @JMurrayFlinSP talking about swallow screening, compliance with it and ways to improve it. Some strong patient quotes there! @UKSRG2

Brilliant team.

#SLT wanting to do a PCAF in #aphasia to do research training and prepare a PhD application, look at this @ClinAcSLT

Identifying speech & language changes in dementia helps the communication partner adapt their speech & language in support. Even minor adaptations can have a major impact. Communication is not a one way street. #WithSLTuCan

📢✏️📘 Learning Opportunity! 📘✏️📢 See below details of the upcoming Scottish Voice CEN Study Day in Perth, looking at Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises. See flyer for info on how to secure your place!

Next up in our #SLTABCs series, M is for Manual for Mealtimes 🥐🧀🍝 scan the barcodes for direct links to the manual & other resources ✨ #slt #dysphagia

Discussing and planning your discharge needs from the moment of arrival, allows services to ensure you have everything in place to support your ongoing recovery at home 🏠 🔗nhsinform.scot/home-first

First PhD paper out! We examine intervention research for preschoolers w oral comprehension diffs & the implications for #SLTs Thanks to @wbestsea @BCAphasia Poppy Young, also @lucy_flaherty @Littlelyds Rachel Rees onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… @UCLLangCog @ijlcd #DevLangDis #TIDieR

Looking for AHPs of all professions (in Lothian) with expertise in Frailty to help organise and deliver a study session/day, later this year ,for Lothian AHPs. Please contact me here or at ros.fraser@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk if interested and for more info/discussion 🤞😀

You can read a full version of our scoping review article here at rdcu.be/dvhvC 📖 @SpringerNature @csmithUCL @MT_Clarke @DrJMarshall #CYP #LTV #dysphagia #scopingreview