Detailed Programme
Please note that the Programme is subject to change.
Workshops
Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th September 2018
Management of Feeding and Swallowing Difficulties in Paediatrics
Venue: AVIVA Stadium, Landsdowne Rd, Dublin 4
This two-day programme will provide delegates with the skills needed to effectively assess and manage feeding and swallowing difficulties in children.
The course comprises workshops and lectures. Workshop topics and speakers are continuously updated, so please check back regularly here or here.
Over these two days, delegates will rotate in small groups between several parallel workshops to cover all programme topics.
Workshops will include:
• Instrumental and clinical examination of feeding and swallowing in paediatrics
• Management of feeding and swallowing in neonates
• Management of feeding and swallowing difficulties in children with learning disability, physical disability,
and cerebral palsy
• Tube feeding in paediatric populations
Tuesday 25th September 2018 - Assessment in Paediatrics
9:00 - 9:10
Welcome (Professor Margaret Walshe)
09:10 - 09:45
Paediatric feeding and swallowing assessment: An overview and a reflection on exploring typical population data on feeding, eating and drinking and its relevance to assessment (Celia Harding & Lenie Van den Engel Hoek)
09:45 - 10:45
4 simultaneous workshops
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15
4 simultaneous workshops
12:15 - 13:15
4 simultaneous workshops
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
4 simultaneous workshops
15:00 - 15:30
Tea Break
15:30 - 16:30
Discussion Session
Day 1: Assessment Workshops
Wednesday 26th September 2018 - Intervention in Paediatrics
9:00 - 9:10
Welcome (Professor Margaret Walshe)
09:10 - 09:45
Challenges in Paediatric feeding and swallowing intervention Dr Kelly Weir
09:45 - 10:45
4 simultaneous workshops
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15
4 simultaneous workshops
12:15 - 13:15
4 simultaneous workshops
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
4 simultaneous workshops
15:00 - 15:30
Tea Break
15:30 - 16:30
A discussion about EBP and interventions etc. Future directions Dr Kelly Weir
Day 2: Intervention workshops
FEES Course
Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th September 2018
Venue: Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Rd, Dublin 2
Tuesday 25th September 2018
09.00 - 09.30
Welcome & Introduction (Mark Rafferty & Rainer Dziewas)
9:30 - 10:30
FEES I: Standard FEES-Protocol (Rainer Dziewas)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
FEES II: Salient findings (Antonio Schindler)
11:30 - 12:00
FEES III: Examples from clinical routine (Antonio Schindler)
12:00 - 12:30
Classification and grading of neurogenic dysphagia (Tobias Warnecke)
12:30 - 13:00
Q&A (Antonio Schindler)
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Technical procedures: sterilization, cleaning, safety of patient (Laura Baijens)
14:30 - 15:30
FEES hands-on I : in small groups, preparatory steps, handling of the scope, training with a dummy (Mark Rafferty, Antonio Schindler, Daniele Farneti, Emilia Michou, Laura Baijens, Rainer Dziewas, Tobias Warnecke, )
15:30 - 16:30
FEES hands-on II: in small groups, practicing FEES on each other (Mark Rafferty, Antonio Schindler, Daniele Farneti, Emilia Michou, Laura Baijens, Rainer Dziewas, Tobias Warnecke)
16:30 - 17:30
Analysis of FEES videos I in small groups (Mark Rafferty, Antonio Schindler, Daniele Farneti, Emilia Michou, Laura Baijens, Rainer Dziewas, Tobias Warnecke)
17:30-18.00
Discussion, concluding remarks (Mark Rafferty & Laura Baijens)
Wednesday 26th September 2018
09:00 - 09:30
Specific FEES protocols for neurogenic dysphagia (Tobias Warnecke)
10:00 - 10:30
Dysphagia in the ICU (Rainer Dziewas)
10:30-11:00
Dysphagia in older patients (Pere Clavé)
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
FEES hands-on III: patient case and practicing in small groups (Mark Rafferty, Antonio Schindler, Daniele Farneti, Emilia Michou, Laura Baijens, Rainer Dziewas, Tobias Warnecke)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:45
Analysis of FEES videos II in small groups (Mark Rafferty, Antonio Schindler, Daniele Farneti, Emilia Michou, Laura Baijens, Rainer Dziewas, Tobias Warnecke)
14:45- 15:30
When to be alert: Important ENT findings (Mark Rafferty)
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:00
Clinical decision-making based on FEES findings (Tobias, Laura, Antonio, Margaret, Daniele, Mark, all).
17:00-17:30
Exam (20 Multiple choice questions)
17:45-18:15
Discussion of the exam (Antonio Schindler, Laura Baijens, Tobias Warnecke, Rainer Dziewas)
18:15-18:30
Concluding remarks (Mark Rafferty & Antonio Schindler)
18:30
End of FEES-Workshop
FEES Transitional Exam
Thursday 27th September 2018
Venue: AVIVA Stadium, Landsdowne Rd, Dublin 4
Those applicants who meet the ESSD requirements for the transitional arrangement can sit the examination directly without attending the course and only pay the examination fee. Please go here for the requirements and further details.
Pre-Congress Course
Thursday 27th September 2018
8:30 - 8:45
Welcome
Prof Pere Clave
8:45 - 10:30
Critical Care: Dysphagia Epidemiology and Assessment Considerations
8:45 - 9:00 Dysphagia in the Critical Care Patient: Aetiology and Risk Factors
Dr Peter Spronk
9:00 - 9:15 Clinical Swallowing Evaluation in Critically Ill Patients in ICU
Dr Martin Brodsky
9:15 - 9:45 FEES in the ICU: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr Tobias Warnecke
9:45 - 10:15 Management of Aspiration Pneumonia in ICU
Prof Alexandre Demoule
10:15 - 10:30 Panel Discussion/Q&A
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00
Dysphagia Rehabilitation in Critical Care
11:00 - 11:30 Multidisciplinary management of the critically ill ICU patient
Drs Jackie McRae and Rachael Moses
11:30 - 11:45 Nutritional Considerations in the Acute Phase of Critical Illness
Dr Judith Merriweather
11:45 - 12:15 Management of Post Extubation Dysphagia
Dr Ulrike Franke
12:15 - 12:30 Dysphagia in Critically Ill Patient: Current Awareness and Practice
Dr Peter Spronk
12:30 - 12:45 Future Directions in Management of Dysphagia in the Critically Ill
Patient
Dr Martin Brodsky
12:45 - 13:00 Panel Discussion/Q&A
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch & Industry Symposium
14:00 - 15:30
Dysphagia in Chronic Respiratory Disease
14:00 - 14:15 Dysphagia in Chronic Respiratory Disease: Nature and Risk
Factors
Dr Eric Verin
14:15 - 14:35 Challenges in the Assessment of Patients with Dysphagia
Associated with Respiratory Disease
Dr Bonnie Martin-Harris
14:35 - 14:55 Cough Reflex Testing: State of the Art and Clinical Applications
Dr Maggie-Lee Huckabee
14:55 - 15:15 Management of Children with Chronic Wet Cough: Current
Guidelines
Dr Des Cox
15:15 - 15:30 Panel Discussion/Q&A
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
Interventions for Dysphagia in Chronic Respiratory Disease
16:00 - 16:20 Physiologic Advantages and Training Methods for Respiratory-
Swallow Coordination in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
and Pulmonary Disease
Dr Bonnie Martin-Harris
16:20 - 16:35 Nutritional assessment and therapy in COPD
Prof Annemie Schols
16:35 - 16:50 Respiratory Strength Training: What is the Evidence?
Dr Michelle Troche
16:50 - 17:00 Panel Discussion/Q&A
17:00 - 18:00
ESSD General Assembly for Members
18:00 - 19:00
Welcome Reception at the Aviva Stadium
Congress
Friday 28th September 2018
Venue: AVIVA Stadium, Landsdowne Rd, Dublin 4
8:15 - 8:30
President's Welcome
Prof Pere Clave
8:30 - 9:30
Free Papers 1
9:30 - 10:30
Clinical Assessment in Dysphagia Across the Lifespan
9:30 - 9:45 New Directions in the Evaluation of Dysphagia in Paediatrics
Dr Kelly Weir
9:45 - 10:00 New Directions on Clinical Swallowing Examinations in Adults
Dr Renata Guedes
10:00 - 10:15 Neurophysiological Considerations in Swallowing Evaluation
Dr Emilia Michou
10:15 - 10:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Drs Kelly Weir, Renata Guedes, Emilia Michou and Michaela
Trapl
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Free Papers 2
12:00 - 12:30
Innovations in Dysphagia Assessment
12:00 - 12:30 Dynamic Swallowing Studies
Dr Yoko Inamoto
12:30 - 13:00
Poster Session
13:00 - 14:00
Industry Symposium
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 16:00
Free Papers 3
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30
New Tools to Assess Swallow Function
16:30 - 16:45 Beyond Residue and Aspiration: Perspectives on the Future of
Swallowing Studies
Dr Bonnie Martin-Harris
16:45 - 17:00 The Future of Imaging Techniques for Swallowing Studies
Dr Peter Pokieser
17:00 - 17:15 The Metrics of the Swallow Response
Prof Pere Clave
17:15 - 17:30 Discussion/Q&A
Drs Bonnie Martin-Harris, Peter Pokieser, Pere Clave and
Prof Dermot Malone
17:30 - 18:00
Poster Session
19:30 - 23:00
Congress Dinner at the Dining Hall, Trinity College Dublin
Saturday 29th September 2018
Venue: AVIVA Stadium, Landsdowne Rd, Dublin 4
7:45 - 8:45
Industry Symposium
8:45 - 9:00
Opening Address
Dr Kate Allatt
9:00 - 10:00
Free Papers 4
10:00 - 10:30
Shaping the Future in FEES
10:00 - 10:20 Outcome Measures in FEES
Dr Jessica Pisegna
10:20 - 10:30 Discussion and Q&A
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Free Papers 5
12:00 - 12:30
Novel Approaches to Managing Aspiration
12:00 - 12:15 Laryngeal Surgery and Laryngeal Re-innervation
Dr Mark Rafferty
12:15 - 12:30 Panel Discussion
12:30 - 13:00
Poster Session
13:00 - 14:00
Industry Symposium
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 15:30
Free Papers 6
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30
Shaping the Future: Rehabilitation in Dysphagia
16:00 - 16:15 Potential Targets for Treatment in Patients Postextubation
Dr Martin Brodsky
16:15 - 16:30 Dysphagia pre-habilitation for patients with head and neck cancer: Using behaviour change theory to optimize the pre-
treatment consultation.
Dr Roganie Govender
16:30 - 16:45 Preventing Sarcopenia and Malnutrition in Older High Risk
Populations
Dr Caoileann Murphy
16:45 - 17:00 ESSD Labelling of Thickening Agents for Patient Safety
Prof Pere Clave
17:00 - 17:30 Discussion/Q&A
Prof Pere Clave
17:30 - 18:00
Closing Ceremony and Awards