Comprehensive FEES (fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing) Competency Training from start to finish, that covers and supervises participants through everything to be accomplished before, during, and after the FEES procedure.  FEES Competency Training is conducted Onsite at your facility.

Course Description

A practical training course designed for Speech-Language Pathologists to engage with abnormal patient population to gain skills and competency with FEES in the areas of anatomy/physiology, normal and abnormal swallowing, endoscopy procedures and protocols, implementation of evidence-based practice, FEES assessment, analysis, scoring, interpretation, report writing, providing recommendations, and consultations. Competency training with direct supervision and feedback provided.

Course OBJECTIVE

1)  Identify normal and abnormal anatomy utilizing FEES.

2)  Identify normal and abnormal swallow physiology/functions utilizing FEES.

3)  Perform endoscopy procedures and protocols necessary for evidence-based practice utilizing FEES.

4)  Perform FEES procedures with abnormal patient population utilizing FEES equipment to assess swallow function.

5)  Perform analysis, scoring, interpretation, report writing, and providing recommendations from FEES assessment.