07/25/2025
After decades of dysphagia practice, it’s apparent that lack of clear dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) competency frameworks both within and across professions make it difficult to both demonstrate these competencies to others, but also to define and plan to address competency gaps. This not only affects clinicians, but decision-makers and patients.
Isabelle Son and Martina Malito did an incredible job with their Evience-Based Practice project at McMaster University, which assisted Speech-Language & Audiology Canada with an environmental scan and scoping review of existing national and international dysphagia compentecy documents. This work help inform future work to elevate and inform national dyspagia practice.
May thanks to these incredible future clinicians, and thank you to Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald for doing such an incredible job teaching them!
Supervisor: Jennifer Cameron-Turley M.Sc., S-LP(C), Reg. SK, Bonnie Cooke, MClSc Aud(C), Reg. CASLPO Introduction: In Canada, Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) assume the brunt of responsibility for dysphagia assessment and management, though several other disciplines (e.g., occupational therapy,
