This introductory course will support nurses and healthcare assistants in understanding swallowing difficulties. The hands on workshop will also highlight common approaches to managing swallowing difficulties, both in acute and community settings. This course is tailored to healthcare staff working in elderly care or neurology specialties.
Please see Course Overview.
Nurses and healthcare assistants.
Applicants must be proficient in spoken and written English.
No formal assessment, for teaching see Course Overview.
Celia is a speech and language therapist who joined the Division of Language and Communication Science in October 2004 to teach issues related to disability across the lifespan.
Prior to working at City, University of London, Celia worked for 19 years full time in the NHS. Clinical interests include paediatric ...
Kirsty is a speech and language therapist who joined City University London in 2008 to teach motor speech disorders and neurology for speech and language therapists.
Kirsty initially studied linguistics at the University of York in 1996-1999. This sparked her interest in all things related to communication and she decided ...
