RCSLT Research Champion Workshop

Aims and objectives

This event gave RCSLT Research Champions the opportunity to:

• Develop the role of the research champion at a local and national level
• Share good practice initiatives to support evidence based practice
• Develop contacts within the network to support research and development work
• Gain knowledge and contribute to the strategic and operational research and development work of the RCSLT
• Develop knowledge in public and patient involvement (PPI)
• Develop knowledge and skills in core areas of research

For more details, please see the full programme.

Presentations

Please note that presentations are available subject to author’s consent

• Speaker biographies
• Research and development update – Amit Kulkarni, Lauren Longhurst and Katie Chadd

• Panel session
  • Mal Palin, Senior Programme Manager, NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre
  • Sarah Buckley, Independent Speech and Language Therapy Manager
  • Richard Francis, Head of Research Awards, Stroke Association
  • Heidi Siddle, NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Associate Professor and Consultant Podiatrist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

• Co-designing research with service users: benefits and challenges: Claire Mitchell and Annette Dancer

• Lightning talks: success stories – championing research in clinical practice
  • Sam Burr, Clinical Academic SLT, Solent NHS Trust
  • Anna Sowerbutts, SLT, Children’s Integrated Speech and Language Therapy Service for Hackney and the City
  • Sally Archer, Clinical Lead SLT, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
  • Avril Nicoll, SLT Researcher, NMAHP Research Unit

• Lightning talks: embarking on research careers – lessons from clinical academics
  • Anna Volkmer and the ClinAcSLT Network, SLT, University College London
  • Sally Boa, Head of Education and Research, Strathcarron Hospice
  • Hazel Warren, SLT, Nottingham CityCare

Posters

Evidence Based Practice

• Mirror neurons in dysphagia rehabilitation: A case study – Elly Sampson, Speech and Language Therapist, Weston Area Health NHS Trust
• Using the Delphi method to create an evidence based clinical pathway to manage dysphagia in a small specialised patient group – Jackie McRae, Consultant Speech and Language Therapist and HEE/NIHR CDRF, St. Georges University Hospital
• Communicating with confidence: The impact of using high tech AAC in the community – Kayleigh Sparkes, Speech and Language Therapist, St. Catherine’s School
• Turning clinical work into a research project: An evaluation of colourful semantics – Lorna Wilson, Speech and Language Therapist, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust
• Eva Park early adpoters pilot – Niamh Devane, Speech and Language Therapist and Researcher, City, University of London
• Standardising our videofluoroscopy service as part of a research initiative – Roganie Govender, Consultant and Clinical Academic Speech and Language Therapist, UCLH
• Using a Lego Therapy approach to develop language and social communication skills – Roshan Dean, Speech and Language Therapist, St. Catherine’s School
• Introducing the ReSNetSLT Action Group – Sally Morgan, Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy, City, University of London

Clinical Academic Career

• The research path: Challenges and rewards – Lisa Everton, Speech and Language Therapist and PhD Student, NHS and University of Nottingham
• Milly’s academic journey so far – Milly Heelan

Research Project

• Family members’ experiences of swallowing difficulties after a stroke – Anna Robinson, Speech and Language Therapist, St. Georges NHS Trust
• Speech and language therapy change in practice – Avril Nicoll, Researcher, NMAHP Research Unit
• Speech, language and swallowing impairments in functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD): A scoping review – Caz Barnett, Stroke Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
• Unspoken voices: What are the perspectives of people who use alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) on the impact and effectiveness of AAC equipment – Katherine Broomfield, Speech and Language Therapist and HEE/NIHR CDRF, Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
• Adolescents’ experiences of communication following acquired brain injury (ABI) – Katherine Buckeridge, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
• Measuring the impact of the Attention Autism approach on children’s attention skills – Laura Duffy, Speech and Language Therapist, Blossom House School
• Setting collaborative research priorities in dysphagia for the speech and language therapy profession – Lauren Longhurst, Research and Development Officer, RCSLT
• Training parents: What impact does it have on children’s ability to maintain and generalise skills learnt in smile Therapy? – Martina Curtin, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Whittington Health NHS
• What is the impact of VERVE child interaction on preschool children with language difficulties? – Naomi Brown- Early Years Team Leader Speech and Language Therapist, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Feasibility of digitally-enhanced child language therapy to improve vocabulary – Rafiah Badat, Speech and Language Therapist, NHS
• Predicting feeding difficulties on a level 3 neonatal unit – Sarah Edney, Clinical Lead SLT, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust