RCSLT conference and AGM 2006

Plugging the evidence base gap: Important research in speech and language therapy

28 September 2006 Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

Speech and language therapists are increasingly required to demonstrate to commissioners that their services are effective and offer good value for money, by mapping their activities against an evidence base. There are gaps in the current evidence base that the RCSLT and others are trying to fill through research.

This year's RCSLT AGM conference showcased some of the work being carried out at universities and by speech and language therapy practitioners putting research into practice. It also touched on the issue of research funding.

The RCSLT will use outcomes of the day to help prioritise what research needs to be carried out to best inform the development of the evidence base.

Programme Details:

Time	Program event	Speaker
9.00-9.30	Registration
9.30-9.35	Welcome	Sue Roulstone, out-going Chair of the RCSLT	Download notes (17kb .pdf)
9.35-10.25	Founders' Lecture - Relevant evidence: the importance of research to speech and language therapy.	Paul Carding, University of Newcastle
10.30-12.00	Parallel session 1: Breaking the clinical-academic divide: skills for evidence based swallowology	Paula Leslie, University of Newcastle
	Parallel session 2: Combining systematic review and practitioner decison making - an interdisciplinary approach from speech and language therapy and occupational therapy	James Law, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, Dr Kirsty Forsyth, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh	Download presentation (630kb .pdf)
	Parallel session 3: Recent trials in child language impairment.	Elspeth McCartney, University of Strathclyde	Download presentation (590kb .pdf)
12.00-1.25	Lunch and AGM
12.05-12.50	AGM
1.25-1.45	UK-wide plans for capacity building for research by AHPs	Matthew Hallsworth, UKCRC	Download presentation (380kb .pdf)
1.45-2.05	Panel response	Catrin Roberts, Nuffield Foundation
	Panel response	Kevin Moreton, MRC
	Panel response	The RCSLT Councillor for research
2.05-2.25	Q&A	Panel: Matthew Hallsworth, UKCRC Kevin Moreton, MRC Catrin Roberts, Nuffield Foundation The RCSLT Councillor for research
2.25-2.45	Developing a research-active speech and language therapy department.	Mary Turnbull, Forth Valley Primary Care NHS trust Joan Murphy, University of Stirling Lois Cameron, Forth Valley Primary Care NHS trust	Download presentation (540kb .pdf)
2.45-3.05	Coffee/tea
3.05-3.40	Parallel session: Putting evidence into practice	The RCSLT research representative
	Parallel session: Putting evidence into practice	Dr. Marysia Nash, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
	Parallel session: Putting evidence into practice	Ruth Nieuwenhuis, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
3.40-4.00	The next steps for the development of the RCSLT research strategy	The RCSLT Councillor for research
4.00-4.10	Closing remarks	Rosalind Gray-Rogers, incoming Chair of the RCSLT