IASLT in Conversation IASLT

IASLT in conversation chats with four SLTs working in the area of FEES: Patricia Gillivan Murphy, Clinical Specialist based in The Mater Hospital Dublin, Sheila Robinson, SSLT based in Cork University Hospital, Ciara Landy, SSLT based in Our Lady's Hospital Navan and Monica Clancy, SSLT working in community-based FEES service within Mid-West Community Healthcare.

In this episode we talk to Anne Healy from the IASLT about the MRA process and what is involved.

In this episode we talk to Caroline O'Flynn SLT who is the social media co-ordinator for this year's IASLT conference. The conference will be held online on December 5th and 6th and will showcase the best of Irish SLT research and practice. Register today to secure your place! https://www.iaslt.ie/learning-centre/iaslt-biennial-conference-2023-registration-now-open/

On this episode we talk to Siobhán ward Lynch, Senior Speech and Language Therapist and Practice Tutor based in Letterkenny Primary Care centre. Siobhán is the 2023 winner of the SLT Support and Mentor award from IASLT.

Today we are talking to Aoife O’Shea, Senior Speech & Language Therapist working with Happy Talk in Cork, and the 2023 winner of the Speech and Language Therapy Service Excellence Award. Aoife was nominated as she has developed relationships, inspired confidence and skill and brought so much joy to the people that she works with, while managing to carry out research, present at conferences, deliver Happy talk training to SLTs across the country. Today we are going to talk about Aoife’s career to date and her involvement with Happy Talk and also to hear about the exciting future plans for the recent Health Research Board grant to complete a randomised control trial on Happy Talk across the Country. For more on Happy Talk see https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/lho/corknorthlee/therapy/happy-talk/

In this podcast we are talking to Fiona Guihen, Senior Speech & Language Therapist based in Primary Care in Meath and the 2023 winner of the IASLT Unsung Hero Award. Fiona was nominated because of her unwavering enthusiasm, innovation and above all commitment to improving the lives of people with communication and/or swallowing difficulties with a passion that is hard to find. We talk about Fiona’s career to date and in particular her involvement with health promotion.