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Curadis is a non-profit organization with the aim to exchange experience and knowledge about the diag

Curadis is a project for which specialized SLP's can volunteer in Latin America in aim to exchange knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders.
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Curadis is een project waarbij dysfagiologen vrijwillig in Latijns-Amerika werken om zo kennis uit te wisselen omtrent de diagnostiek en behandeling van slikstoornissen. Curadis is een samenvoeging van de Spaanse woorden 'curar', wat behandelen betekent en 'dis' als deel van het woord 'disfagia', wat verwijst naar dysfagie of eenvoudig gezegd slikstoornissen.
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Curadis es un proyecto en que logopedas trabajan voluntariamente en Latinoamérica para intercambiar conocimiento sobre problemas para tragar.
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Curadis é um projeto onde fonoaudiólogos trabalham voluntariamente na América Latina para a troca de conhecimento sobre problemas de deglutição.

21/06/2021

Yesterday we had the pleasure to collaborate with the Italian organization Logopedisti all’estero 🇮🇹 and talk about volunteering abroad, cultural diversity and how to get started. Siamo grati per questa opportunità! 🙏🏽
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🎤 Presentation by SLP Katja Verstraelen & Dr. David Ross (Founders Curadis & CuradisUSA)
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This presentation was recorded and will be available soon!
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Team Curadis in collaboration with Logopedisti all’estero 🌎
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18/06/2021

Upcoming Sunday, Curadis is invited by the Italian organization Logopedisti all’estero to talk about volunteering abroad, cultural diversity and how to get started. 👌🏽
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🎤 Presentation by SLPs Dr. David Ross & Katja Verstraelen at 7pm
(CET Rome), June 20th 2021.
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You are welcome to join! You have to request to become a member of their Facebook Group https://facebook.com/groups/107937551058450/permalink/210205344165003/ to attend the webinar.
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See you soon! Team Curadis in collaboration with Logopedisti all’estero 🌎
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17/05/2021

This is Gabriel (co-founder CuradisUSA), ready to help assist David with free endoscopies! 🙌🏽
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About 30% of their instrumentals in 2020 & 2021 were performed pro-bono for those who were impacted economically by the COVID-19 pandemic 🦠 and patients without insurance. So inspiring! There is power in kindness.
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Have a wonderful week!
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Team Curadis 🌎
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13/05/2021

Volunteering abroad will bring you to the most stunning locations! 🌴
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📷 This picture was taken during a 3-week SLP volunteer project in Fortaleza, Brazil. 🇧🇷
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A volunteer project will fulfill your desire for meaningful travel and enables you to make contributions to projects in the areas of education & healthcare. 🤍
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Hey healthcare hero! 👋🏽
Have you done volunteer work in the past? Are you volunteering RIGHT NOW? Maybe you can’t wait to start off your next adventure?
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Follow Curadis so we can help you to get your story out! No costs involved! 🤙🏽 Our organization connects a global network of volunteers to inspire other healthcare workers. Join us now!
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Looking forward to meet you!
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Team Curadis 🌎
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12/11/2020

Distance learning & distractions... 🤷🏻‍♀️
Can you relate? Nowadays, options for taking a course are often limited to online webinars. Do you know about interesting webinars coming up?
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Let us know and we’ll gladly share them in our stories!
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05/08/2020

180 HOURS in 5 weeks! 🙌🏽
“My personal record of volunteering so far. 🏆 I love to indulge in the culture of a faraway country during volunteering, but the COVID-19 pandemic made me reconsider the options of volunteering as a Speech-Language Pathologist... That’s when I decided to give back to our local community and volunteer at Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium. 🇧🇪
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Surrounded by great professionals and diverse opportunities to learn and expand my clinical skillset, I truly enjoyed those 5 weeks! I am thankful beyond words for this experience.”
- Katja
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Swipe to see some impressions! ⬅️⬅️
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PS; I really tried to make some pictures and keep you all posted, but in Belgium this was more of a challenge! We are not used to capture our days at work, in comparison with many southern cultures. 😅
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@ Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen

14/07/2020

The past few months we have been reading and posting multiple testimonials by colleagues in healthcare, all giving their best to stay strong. It’s so easy to get overwhelmed with our emotions in challenging times. Therefore, it’s important to recognize and identify your emotions in a moment to improve your understanding of a situation, and of yourself. Some tips:
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▪️When you are feeling a particularly strong emotion, find 4 or 5 words that describe the way you feel.
▪️Figure out what prompted you to feel like that and why. You’ll learn a lot about yourself by doing this regularly.
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👉🏽 How to handle negative emotions?
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It’s inevitable that we are all going to feel sad every now and again. It’s impossible to be happy all of the time. Whenever you are feeling down, it’s important to remember that these feelings are not permanent. They are fleeting and they will pass. Don’t ignore them, ride them out and you’ll see the light on the other
side soon enough.
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⌛️ Take breaks
Take 5-minute intervals throughout the day, step away from what you’re doing and take some time to yourself. When you return to the task at hand you’ll feel refreshed and ready to keep going.
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🥗 Eat well
If you fuel your body correctly, you’ll feel stronger, happier and your
performance at work will improve.
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🌿 Nature
Get outside in the fresh air as regularly
as possible. Try do this without any distractions such as a mobile phone. Emerge yourself in your surroundings and escape reality for a few minutes.
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📚 Inspired by 50 Positive Habits to Transform Your Life, M. Chapman.
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02/07/2020

July 2017, Katja was invited to visit the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Mário Palmério University Hospital in Uberaba, Brazil. 🌎
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SLP Aline invented an improvement for the nurses to guard the silence. Every day a nurse becomes the ‘Guardiã do Silêncio’ to assure a quiet and peaceful environment for the newborns. 👶🏽 You can recognize this role by the button (swipe left to see it! ➡️) and a special coat.
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Katja saved this souvenir from an inspirational volunteering day.
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SLPs in this picture (left to right):
Katja Verstraelen
Aline de Fatima Goulart Motoki
Lissania Michelle da Silva
Luciana Ávila Dos Santos

30/06/2020

with .firmeza
“I'm Mariana Firmeza, a Brazilian oncology nurse. I work at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia in Fortaleza / Ceará, specifically in the outpatient clinic for pain and palliative care.
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Oncology is one of the specialties that, despite the pandemic, has no indication of suspending care, except in some cases and according to the benefit risk assessment. We did not stop the service, we reduced the professionals' scales and advised that the companions / caregivers without flu-like symptoms should attend the service, so as not to interrupt the treatment with opioids.
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I am the coordinator of the pain and palliative care clinic and the most difficult decision was to see the other clinics stop their activities and have to keep ours, for the benefit of our cancer patient. Knowing that discontinuing opioid treatment would lead to additional risks.
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I can never forget that we also lost patients in this difficult period. Many stopped going to the consultations for fear of becoming infected, others who live in the countryside were unable to get transportation to continue the treatment. Some patients also reported that they became infected, others that they lost close family members and this is very challenging for the multiprofessional team.
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Cancer cannot wait...
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We live in difficult circumstances where the use of PPE’s and hand hygiene becomes more frequent, in addition physical contact is being avoided. Even so, some professionals on the team were infected by COVID-19, leaving the service.
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However, we must celebrate our victories and keep hope for better days for those who deal with cancer on a daily basis.”
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We will share personal testimonials by healthcare professionals worldwide, to get insight in the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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You want to share your story too?
DM us!
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@ Santa Casa De Misericórdia Em Fortaleza

28/06/2020

Did you know⁉️

HEALTH BENEFITS
💡 Volunteering reduces the body’s stress and also releases endorphins (the brain’s natural painkillers!)*

CAREER BENEFITS
💡 Volunteering expands your network
💡 Helps you gain new skills
💡 Increases visability for your profession

*Research by dr. Allan Luk

Would you like to volunteer too? Get in touch by DM!

@ World Wide

22/06/2020

🙌🏽 BUT FIRST, coffee! Getting ready for my first day of volunteering at a local hospital in Antwerp. I will be there for one month. For safety reasons we can’t travel abroad, but at least we can give back to the community. Have a great monday and an awesome week!

16/06/2020

with Carolina
Carolina is an SLP, specializing in swallowing difficulties and paediatrics in Portugal.
“In my hospital we always kept working with inpatiens and the last couple of weeks we started to receive outpatients. Delivering therapy with lots of hygiene measures such as wearing gloves, masks & gowns. We have to consider that every patient could be a positive COVID-19 case...

It’s very difficult to work with all this measures, specially for us SLPs! While we are treating patients with aphasia or other communication disorders, the mask and the visors can be a serious disadvantage. For our dysphagia patients we have to take extra precaution, because most of our procedures are aerosolizing ones!

Our patients are often at the hospital for a long time and visitors have been prohibited since de beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. They definitely make our days and give us the courage to keep going!” 🍀

We will share personal testimonials by healthcare professionals worldwide, to get insight in the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

You want to share your story too?
DM us!

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http://www.curadis.org/

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Our Story

Curadis is a non-profit organization with the aim to exchange experience and knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders between Europe, The United States and Latin America. Curadis provides volunteer outreach, education, diagnostics and treatment to communities in need throughout Latin America on a fully pro-bono basis.

Through hard work, dedication, passion and skill, Curadis now exists on a truly global level. The Belgium branch and the U.S. branch will always work together in order to bring about the most positive global change we can! Visit http://www.Curadis.org for more information. - Curadis es un proyecto en que logopedas trabajan voluntariamente en Latinoamérica para intercambiar conocimiento sobre problemas para tragar. - Curadis é um projeto onde fonoaudiólogos trabalham voluntariamente na América Latina para a troca de conhecimento sobre problemas de deglutição.