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Episode # 72: Implementation Science, Aphasia, and Sauce: A Conversation with Natalie Douglas Aphasia Access Conversations
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Dr. Katie Strong, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Central Michigan University talks with Dr. Natalie Douglas from Central Michigan University implementation science and how this applies to aphasia practice.
Natalie Douglas is Lead Collaborator at Practical Implementation Collaborative, an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Central Michigan University, and an Editor at the Informed SLP. She completed her B.S. and M.A. degrees at Ohio University and after a decade of clinical practice as a speech-language pathologist in hospital and long-term care environments, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of South Florida. Her work aims to advance best, person-centered practices in communication and quality of life interventions for people with dementia, aphasia and other acquired communication disorders in adults. She additionally aims to empower local healthcare and educational teams to support best practices, quality improvement initiatives and person-centered care through applying principles of implementation science.
In this episode you will:
Learn about what implementation science is and how this applies to aphasia practice Hear about how using an implementation lens can lead to better outcomes with clients and families. Learn about Sam, the Bocce player, his sauce, and the importance of a person-centered approach to care in people living with dementia. KS: Natalie, welcome to the Aphasia Access Conversations Podcast. Thank you for joining us today. I’m looking forward talking with you and having our listeners learn about your work.
ND: Thank you, Katie. I’m always so happy to talk with you, especially here today.
KS: So, I feel like we should share with our guests, a couple of fun tidbits about how you and I are connected before we get into the meat of today’s conversation.
ND: Okay, let’s do it.
KS: So first and foremost, we are colleagues at Central Michigan University. We share actually share a wall. Our offices are in the same hallway, although with pandemic, it’s been awhile since we have both been in the office together. So, we are colleagues and have a lot of great fun together. But we have another way that we are connected as well.
ND: Yes. So, we crossed paths. I think in the early 2000s. So, I was working at a certain hospital system from 2003 to about 2013. And then I came to find…this was in Florida, by the way, we're in Michigan now. And then I found out that you worked for that same hospital system, also as an SLP right before I started, or something close to it.
KS: I did! Yes, we came up to Michigan in 1999 so I was there just a couple of years before you were, and we had shared colleagues!
ND: Amazing.
KS: Crazy.
ND: It was meant to be can't get away for me, I was going to find you!
KS: Absolutely, well fate! Fate. I love it!
NS: Indeed.
KS: Let me first congratulate you on being named a Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Distinguished Scholar. It’s fabulous! Tell me a bit about what this award means to you.
ND: Thanks for that so much. And this award really means a lot to me. I'm just so truly honored, grateful and humbled to receive it, along with people such as yourself and many other esteemed colleagues. And upon finding out about the receipt of this award, it really kind of prompted me into a lot of reflection from when I first started studying speech language pathology. So, this was, you know, in my undergrad degree in 1997. And I, a couple years after that, was introduced to what aphasia was. And, you know, this was further nurtured by working with Dr. Brooke Hallowell. And then continuing, you know, through clinical practice and trying to improve life for people with aphasia, working with Jackie Hinckley in my PhD program. And it really had me become extremely reflective upon what I've been doing recently, which is more system level changes. So how can we e
Dr. Katie Strong, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Central Michigan University talks with Dr. Natalie Douglas from Central Michigan University implementation science and how this applies to aphasia practice.
Natalie Douglas is Lead Collaborator at Practical Implementation Collaborative, an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Central Michigan University, and an Editor at the Informed SLP. She completed her B.S. and M.A. degrees at Ohio University and after a decade of clinical practice as a speech-language pathologist in hospital and long-term care environments, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of South Florida. Her work aims to advance best, person-centered practices in communication and quality of life interventions for people with dementia, aphasia and other acquired communication disorders in adults. She additionally aims to empower local healthcare and educational teams to support best practices, quality improvement initiatives and person-centered care through applying principles of implementation science.
In this episode you will:
Learn about what implementation science is and how this applies to aphasia practice Hear about how using an implementation lens can lead to better outcomes with clients and families. Learn about Sam, the Bocce player, his sauce, and the importance of a person-centered approach to care in people living with dementia. KS: Natalie, welcome to the Aphasia Access Conversations Podcast. Thank you for joining us today. I’m looking forward talking with you and having our listeners learn about your work.
ND: Thank you, Katie. I’m always so happy to talk with you, especially here today.
KS: So, I feel like we should share with our guests, a couple of fun tidbits about how you and I are connected before we get into the meat of today’s conversation.
ND: Okay, let’s do it.
KS: So first and foremost, we are colleagues at Central Michigan University. We share actually share a wall. Our offices are in the same hallway, although with pandemic, it’s been awhile since we have both been in the office together. So, we are colleagues and have a lot of great fun together. But we have another way that we are connected as well.
ND: Yes. So, we crossed paths. I think in the early 2000s. So, I was working at a certain hospital system from 2003 to about 2013. And then I came to find…this was in Florida, by the way, we're in Michigan now. And then I found out that you worked for that same hospital system, also as an SLP right before I started, or something close to it.
KS: I did! Yes, we came up to Michigan in 1999 so I was there just a couple of years before you were, and we had shared colleagues!
ND: Amazing.
KS: Crazy.
ND: It was meant to be can't get away for me, I was going to find you!
KS: Absolutely, well fate! Fate. I love it!
NS: Indeed.
KS: Let me first congratulate you on being named a Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Distinguished Scholar. It’s fabulous! Tell me a bit about what this award means to you.
ND: Thanks for that so much. And this award really means a lot to me. I'm just so truly honored, grateful and humbled to receive it, along with people such as yourself and many other esteemed colleagues. And upon finding out about the receipt of this award, it really kind of prompted me into a lot of reflection from when I first started studying speech language pathology. So, this was, you know, in my undergrad degree in 1997. And I, a couple years after that, was introduced to what aphasia was. And, you know, this was further nurtured by working with Dr. Brooke Hallowell. And then continuing, you know, through clinical practice and trying to improve life for people with aphasia, working with Jackie Hinckley in my PhD program. And it really had me become extremely reflective upon what I've been doing recently, which is more system level changes. So how can we e
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