Master's Degree in Swallowing Disorders

Contents

-Understanding Swallowing
-Understanding dysphagia
-Clinical screening of dysphagia
-Instrumental screening of dysphagia
-Treatment of dysphagia
-Research on dysphagia
-Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT)
-Master's dissertation

Related programmes

Graduate Diploma in Swallowing Disorders

Specific skills

-To identify the basic, theoretical and clinical characteristics of swallowing and dysphagia throughout the lifespan.
-To identify bibliographic and documentary resources focused on the pathology of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its associated complications.
-To indicate the standardized screening and assessment measures and the treatment parameters and methodologies used in the field of dysphagia.
-To demonstrate the ability to evaluate research literature on dysphagia.
-To demonstrate the expertise of healthcare professionals in the area of swallowing.
-To use skills to recognize swallowing disorders in order to make reasoned decisions for their treatment.
-To develop skills in the critical analysis of studies on diagnostic accuracy, intervention studies and systematic reviews in dysphagia.
-To apply basic clinical skills in the screening and evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagia according to the professional profile of each student.
-To integrate the multidisciplinary aspect of the clinical treatment of dysphagia in healthcare practice.
-To evaluate the indication for treatment in dysphagia and evaluate the results during the procedure and also at the end of it.
-To formulate study protocols for patients with dysphagia.
-To interpret the results of dysphagia assessment and treatment tests.
-To plan a diagnostic system, to identify the possible complications of dysphagia and write the corresponding report.

Title obtained

Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Swallowing Disorders