Course Description
Course Description:
Cancers of the head and neck make up approximately three percent of diagnosed in the United States but have a high likelihood of resulting in early or late effect dysphagia symptoms. Swallowing problems result from the cancer itself, but more commonly, from the treatment for the cancer – surgical resection, radiation treatment, and chemotherapy. This course discusses those treatments and their implications for swallowing function as well as potential complications of treatment, including xerostomia, mucositis, fibrosis, and disuse atrophy. A review of the available research with this complex population provides information regarding compensatory techniques for symptom management and therapeutic interventions for maintaining and/or improving swallow function. The role of oral/pharyngeal exercise in this population is also discussed as well as nutritional concerns and appropriate interventions.
Accreditation Information:
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Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) description
- Cancer Staging
- Oral cancer surgeries
- Nasopharyngeal surgeries
- Hypopharyngea surgeries
- Laryngectomy
- Chemotherapy
- Chemo-radiation therapy
- Radiation therapy
- Fibrosis
- Xerostomia
- Mucositis
- Trismus
- Taste/smell alterations
- Lymphedema
Hour 2
- Oral health issues pre-RT
- Oral health issues during RT
- Oral health issues post RT
- Predicting severity of dysphagia
- Predicting dysphagia type
- Predicting aspiration
- Predicting aspiration pneumonia
- Predicting pneumonia outcomes
- Exercise
- Compensations
Hour 3
- Diet modifications
- Cancer effects on nutrition
- Malnutrition
- Diet recommendations
- Non-oral feeding
- Hydration
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional treatments and their implications for swallowing function as well as potential complications of treatment, including xerostomia, mucositis, fibrosis, and disuse atrophy.
Professional Objectives:
- Describe treatment modalities utilized in head and neck cancer management
- Identify and describe at least three sequelae of radiation treatment
- Describe three management strategies for xerostomia
- Recognize the evidence base for oral hygiene specific to frequency, duration, and methods
- Identify patients at risk for aspiration and for aspiration pneumonia
- List three exercises specific to dysphagia impairments
- Identify two compensatory strategies specific to dysphagia impairments
- Describe appropriate dietary modifications for patients with HNC
- Recognize risks and benefits of non-oral feeding for patients with HNC
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 3 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Speech Language Pathologist, Nurses
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved
This course is offered for 0.30 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Angela Mansolillo is employed by Cooley-Dickinson Hospital and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
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