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As our practice embraces a patient-centered care model, PROMs - Patient Reported Outcome Measures, can help identify patient’s concerns and measure the progress of therapy to address those complaints. Bonnie Slavych answers the important questions of what a PROM is, what it does, and how to use it in your practice. These are simple tools to incorporate into your practice that can help steer your evaluation process to ensure the patient’s goals are foremost in the creation of the plan of care. PROMs can also give us valuable qualitative and quantitative data to report in our discharge notes regarding the impact therapy has had on the patient’s impairments.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MA, CCC-SLP
Leigh Ann Porter earned her master’s in Communication Sciences from the University of Central Florida in 2013, and has enjoyed being an SLP ever since. While at UCF, Leigh Ann was part of a grant to prepare SLPs to work with English Language Learners, earning a graduate certificate of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Leigh Ann now resides in Kansas City where she divides her time working across outpatient, acute, and inpatient rehab settings. She has presented courses registered for ASHA CEUs to regional SLPs on topics such as how the respiratory system and cough influence dysphagia, a review of the literature on dysphagia exercises, and generating measurable dysphagia goals. For multidisciplinary continuing education with PTs and OTs, Leigh Ann has presented on topics such as Cognitive Retraining with an emphasis on memory strategies, and the SLP’s scope of practice & making appropriate patient referrals to the SLP.
PhD, CCC-SLP
Bonnie K. Slavych is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Disorders Program at the University of Central Missouri, where she has been since Fall 2018. Prior to her professorial appointment, she served as a rehabilitation director and speech language pathologist in the skilled nursing facility and has also served in other medical and non-medical settings. Bonnie earned her Ph.D. in Communication Disorders from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2017 and her certification in Effective Teaching Practices from the Association of College and University Educators. As an assistant professor, Bonnie teaches courses in voice disorders, pediatric and adult feeding and swallowing disorders, research design, neuroscience, and evidence-based practice. Her research interests span both voice disorders and teaching efficacy. Bonnie is a 2019 recipient of the ASHA Advancing Academic-Research Careers Award, which has provided funding, in part, for the development of an adolescent voice-related patient-reported outcome measure.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
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| 10 min: Welcome and background |
| 9 min: Getting involved in research |
| 14 min: Introduction to PROMs - Patient Reported Outcome Measures |
| 6 min: Selection and Use of a PROM (in voice, dysphagia, aphasia, etc.) |
| 11 min: Future Research in PROMs |
| 10 min: Questions & Answers |
| Financial | Leigh Ann Porter is the host for Speech Uncensored Podcast and receives compensation from Speechtherapypd.com. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |
| Financial | Bonnie Slavych received compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |