The joys of buying second-hand books. Someone who makes as many notes as I do. 😂

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One of my students Becky is running a really interesting study to find out how speech and language therapists use the cog-neuro model (or not!) when working with people with aphasia. If you are based in the UK then consider taking part. Sign up below. #mySLTday

Last teaching session with the third-year apprentices looking at assessing communication in patients with a traumatic brain injury. Meeting undergraduate and apprentice students for 1-1s to provide pastoral and academic support for the rest of the day. #mySLTday

Nice to see apprenticeship student Emily Wheelhouse in this quarter's RCSLT 💙 Bulletin discussing practical examples of making medical information / procedures more accessible for people with learning disabilities. #mySLTday #SLTatBCU

Really interesting article from my colleagues Hazel Richards PhD and Victoria Lundie who investigated the experiences/perspectives of the first cohort of speech and language therapy degree apprentices and their workplace mentors SLT at BCU onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Another of my master's students Caitlin has just started a study looking at speech and language therapists' views on and about conducting capacity assessments with adults with learning disabilities. Very important topic. Sign up below to take part. #mySLTday

Planning / prep for teaching on paediatric and adult mental health next week. Apprenticeship review meeting. Admin. Marking. Found out that I passed my second teaching assignment. Only one more to go. Time for some annual leave. #mySLTday

Getting through the rest of this quarter's RCSLT 💙 Bulletin. Really enjoyed Fiona Aspray's article on supporting people with learning disabilities to vote in the 2024 general election. Topic close to my heart having done this myself in 2019. Excellent support provided. #mySLTday

Catching up on admin after some leave last week. Teaching paediatric and adult mental health to the first year master's students. Really interesting discussions. Wish we had more time. Prepping for teaching on cognitive-communication disorders next week. #mySLTday

Marking final-year undergraduate essays all day long. #mySLTday

Sad to miss final-year undergraduate and last year's master's students graduate today. I was supposed to be on the stage! I had to teach physiotherapy students (though that was fun too). Watched the ceremony afterwards. MSc start at 30:50 and UG at 55:10. youtube.com/live/zj7w26vw_…

Really interesting RCT looking at the effect of using IQoro device on patients with acquired brain injuries with tracheostomies compared to normal practice. No difference in decannulation/trache outcomes. IQoro actually worse on dysphagia outcomes! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Just received an inspection copy of Tessa Ackerman's Navigating Aphasia. I look forward to reading it.

Final teaching session with first-year master's students SLT at BCU on (assessing) cognitive-communication disorders before I join Keele Allied Health Professions & Pharmacy on Friday. Lovely card from some of my apprenticeship students #mySLTday

First day Keele Allied Health Professions & Pharmacy. Very different kind of campus / environment to teach in. Looking forward to September. #mySLTday

Varied day meeting new SLT colleague, and physiotherapy colleagues to learn about modules I will be teaching on, admissions process, clinical placements. Peer reviewed an article. Picked up Kate Darbishire Speechless in a charity shop. Will have to give it a read. #mySLTday

Away for the weekend and picked up some excellent books in a charity shop and another in a cheap book shop. Staff meeting today then continuing to work on my teaching qualification coursework. #mySLTday

Attended Keele University 🐿️'s SimFest yesterday. Good chance to meet wide range of healthcare colleagues across the university and region, and see range of approaches to simulation. #mySLTday

First day of induction week. The wait is finally over! Met new students. Campus bustling. #mySLTday