Swallow Your Pride Podcast

Swallow Your Pride Podcast


Latest Episodes

316. All Things Dentistry: Bridging the Gap Between SLPs and Dental Professionals
February 16, 2024

Curious about how effective collaboration between dentists and SLPs will enhance advocacy and optimize patient care? - Sara Davis and Sara Charney discuss their collaboration and the unique topic of

315 – Transforming Productivity: From Dreaded to Advantageous
February 12, 2024

Are you frustrated with dreading productivity expectations at your facility? Or maybe you are fed up with feeling like you are constantly battling the clock. This episode encourages you to reclaim pr

314 – You Can Automate That: Productivity and Efficiency Power Moves for MedSLPs
February 07, 2024

Productivity is one of those words that can leave a bad taste in your mouth, but why is that? - In most cases, as medical SLPs, its because we dont have much control over how productivity works. - O

313 – The Human Behind the Dysphagia: A Holistic Approach for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
February 01, 2024

From educating restaurant staff to bringing recipes to support groups, its important to humanize dysphagia care. - And when it comes to fostering that approach with the head and neck cancer populati

312 – Navigating Dementia Care as an SLP: Tips and Insights from a Dementia Consultant
January 25, 2024

Have you ever wondered how much you can actually do as an SLP when it comes to dementia care? - One of the most common misconceptions about dementia care in general is that not much can be done. Its

311 – Compassion Over Metrics: Prioritizing Trauma-Informed Care as Medical SLPs
January 17, 2024

Wherever you're working, whatever setting you're working in, whatever profession you are, if you're working with humans, you should be trauma-informed. - Rachel Archambault, MA, CCC-SLP dropped ALL

310 – No Longer the Afterthought: Developing a HNC program and funding for specialized training
January 12, 2024

Raise your hand if youve ever received orders to see a patient with head and neck cancer AFTER theyve started (or completed) radiation and/or surgery. - A million times yes. - Its one of those comm

309 – From Bedside to Bedsores: How Can Speech Therapy Help Prevent Wounds in the ICU?
January 04, 2024

Imagine walking into a room where a team of physicians, physical therapists, and dietitians are sitting at the table discussing wound care. - Would you pause and slowly back out the door, hoping no on

307- The Curious Case of Functional Dysphagia: What to do when the swallow looks fine, but doesn’t feel fine.
December 16, 2023

You know when a patient complains about swallowing difficulty and you do an instrumental, but everything looks fine? - Excuse my lack of eloquence here, butwhat the heck? - This is often referred to

308 – Becoming a NICU SLP: Tips, Strategies, Suggestions, and More with Khaki Brown
December 07, 2023

So you want to work in the NICU. - First of all - cheers to that! You have a major goal to help some of the most fragile (but also resilient) tiny humans we can help, which is exciting and inspiration