Best Practices in Providing Dysphagia Services for Patients with Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) - Live Webinar

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After this course, you will be able to…

Describe the pathogenesis of Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM).
Explain how IBM can impact swallowing performance
Identify current best evidence for providing dysphagia services in IBM.

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After watching the webinar, you will need to pass a short quiz with at least 80% accuracy and attend the full webinar to obtain credit for your participation. The link to the quiz will be available to you after the presentation in the course area. Once completed, you will receive a certificate of completion inside your course area.

Course Agenda

8:30-8:35 PM ET: Introduction
8:35-8:50 PM ET: Overview of IBM
8:50-9:40 PM ET: Impact of IBM on Swallowing
9:40-9:50 PM ET: Current Research Projects
9:50-10:00 PM ET: Summary

Speaker Information and Disclosures

Dr. Garand is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Principal Investigator of the Swallowing Disorders Initiative Research Laboratory, and she is a member of the IBM Special Interest Group as part of the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group under the NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Further, she is Chairperson of the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and is the current Editor-in-Chief of ASHA Perspectives of the Special Interest Groups (Group 2). You may find some of her scholarly contributions related to IBM in Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE:

Salary, University of Pittsburgh

Honorarium, MedSLP Collective

NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE:

Member, NEALS, DRS and ASHA

Chairperson, AB-SSD

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The target audience for this webinar is licensed speech-language pathologists. There are no prerequisite skills or knowledge needed beyond the basic speech-language pathology training and licensing.

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