The new eating, drinking and swallowing competencies for pre-registration speech and language therapy students

RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

The RCSLT is introducing new eating, drinking and swallowing competencies for pre-registration speech and language therapy students. In this episode we walk you through why these are being introduced, what they involve and the difference they will make.
Interviewees:

• Kirsty Catling, Professional Education Lead, SLT lecturer, UCL
• Kathleen Graham as stand-in, Project coordinator pre-registration eating, drinking and swallowing

Useful links from RCSLT:

• Pre-registration eating, drinking and swallowing competencies hub
• Follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #RCSLTEDS

The interview was produced by Jacques Strauss, freelance digital producer.