Convention Posters

2019 Convention Poster Presentations
Thursday, October 10, 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

 

• Josie Cox

  A possible solution to reducing rural healthcare disparities experienced by individuals with Parkinson disease is service provisions via telepractice. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of patients with Parkinson disease with telepractice in a coordinated allied healthcare study. Qualitative data analysis revealed benefits and challenges of telepractice delivery for allied healthcare.

   

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the possible complications with using telepractice
  • Describe the patient-identified benefits of using telepractice technology
  • dentify possible implications of telehealth for future practice

   

  Instructional Level: Intermediate | Track: Posters

• Allied Health Care Use by People with Parkinson Disease

  Kirsten Kropkowski

  Currently, no definition defines “usual allied health care” in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). This research describes “usual allied health care” in speech-language therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy and pharmaceutical intervention received by individuals with Parkinson disease. This research shows many people with Parkinson disease utilize physical therapy but less so in other allied health care services.

   

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Describe allied health care use by individuals with Parkinson disease
  • Compare different allied health care use received by individuals with Parkinson
  • Identify the need for increased access to allied health care services when treating Parkinson disease

   

  Instructional Level: Intermediate | Track: Posters

• Interprofessional Education Grand Rounds: Participants’ Satisfaction and Self-Confidence

  Mattie Bartels

  Patients are often seen by multiple healthcare workers simultaneously. This project examined student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning, via a self-report- survey, as a result of participation in the Interprofessional Education Grand Rounds Workshop. Fifty-nine students completed surveys indicating the students felt that they developed skills and practices required in a clinical setting. Implications of these results will be discussed.

   

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Define and understand interprofessional education
  • Identify why this is important for the education of a health care worker
  • Describe how students benefit from interprofessional education

   

  Instructional Level: Intermediate | Track: Posters

• Providers'Experiences with Delivering Telepractice for Patients with Parkinson Disease

  Haley Dollerschell; Jarrin Shelley; Wendy Dietz; Chelsea Kunitz; Autumn Ostlund; Erin Bush; Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, PhD, CCC-A/SLP; Reshmi Singh, PhD, from the University of Wyoming

  Telepractice increases access to allied healthcare in rural areas. Speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, and pharmacists provided a coordinated allied healthcare intervention in rural Wyoming and Nevada. This study described the perspectives of these providers regarding their experiences delivering the eight-week intervention to patients with Parkinson disease.

   

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss the importance of telepractice delivery of allied healthcare in rural areas
  • Describe speech-language pathologists’, physical therapists’ and pharmacists’ perspectives about delivering telepractice to patients with Parkinson disease
  • Describe benefits and challenges to providing telepractice services

   

  Instructional Level: Intermediate | Track: Posters

• Comparing Health Related Quality of Life and Communication Effectiveness Scales

  Kirsten Kropkowski

  Quality of life refers to an individual’s perception of one’s overall satisfaction with one’s life. Health-related quality of life is an individual’s subjective interpretation of the positive and negative aspects of life affecting their health (WHOQOL, 1998). Health related quality of communication life is a subcategory of health-related quality of life. Individuals with communication disorders may experience difficulty in communicating. The ability to communicate may play an important role in individuals’ health-related quality of life. However, no research has been published on the results from these scales when completed by individuals without communication disorders. Participants were adults without a known communication disorder, age 18-30, living in the United States and were registered as “workers” with Amazon TurkPrime. Participants completed 37 multiple choice questions including demographics, the Quality of Communication Life Scale, and the Communication Effectiveness Scale. The questions are described below. A Spearman correlation of 0.6 was found between the participants’ mean scores from the Quality of Communication Life Scale and the mean scores from the Communication Effectiveness Scale. This moderate correlation suggests that other variables may mediate this relationship. Even with individuals without a known communication disorder, a person’s health-related quality of communication life is not completely predicted by one’s communication effectiveness. Thus, speech-language pathologists should evaluate their clients’ communication effectiveness along with their clients’ individual perception of health-related quality of communication life.

   

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the relationship between the Communication Effectiveness Scale and the Health-Related Quality of Communication Life Scale.
  • Analyze mediating variables that may impact the correlation between the Communication Effectiveness Scale and the Health-Related Quality of Communication Life Scale.
  • Understand the characteristics of young adults without communication disorders and their opinions of the Communication Effectiveness Scale and the Health Related Quality of Communication Life Scale.

   

  Instructional Level: Intermediate | Track: Posters