October 12, 2022

Invited Lecture: Advances in Communication and Swallowing Journal

Nicole McGill and I presented the Autumn Lecture for the journal Advances in Communication and Swallowing based on our program of work about waiting for speech pathology.

Title: Waiting list management in speech and language therapy services: Perspectives and innovations 

Presenters: Dr Nicole McGill1 & Prof Sharynne McLeod1 

Additional team members: Kathryn Crowe1,2, Suzanne C. Hopf1, Audrey Wang1, Nicola Ivory1, Emily Davis3, Katrina Rohr3, Angela Roberts3, Katherine Miller3, Sally Thornton3, & Nina Ahio3 

  1. Charles Sturt University, Australia; 
  2. University of Iceland, Iceland; 
  3. Western New South Wales Local Health District, Australia 

Abstract: Waiting lists for speech and language therapy exist when supply does not meet demand. Waiting for services reduces service users’ access to early intervention and poses practical and ethical challenges for professionals to manage. This presentation will provide an overview of an extensive programme of research that explored: (a) perspectives of service users and professionals regarding speech and language therapy waiting lists; (b) speech and language therapists’ waiting list management practices throughout the world; (c) the design and development of an evidence-based website; and (d) the evaluation of the Waiting for Speech Pathology website in two community-based randomised controlled trials. Innovative management strategies will be presented. This research about waiting for speech and language therapy was published in the inaugural issue of Advances in Communication and Swallowing (Waiting list management: Professionals’ perspectives and innovations) and in other journals across the world. Free resources are available on the Waiting for Speech Pathology website: https://wnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/our-services/speech-pathology/ 

Acknowledgments: New South Wales Health Translational Research Grant and Charles Sturt University, Australia 

Link to the recording:https://www.iospress.com/catalog/journals/advances-in-communication-and-swallowing#extra 

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8FO1t1Rrfs

Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/advances-in-communication-and-swallowing-autumn-2022-online-lecture-event-tickets-412156781027

Online handout: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cZ08ZqPbz8Je1A50FhQaghAa1SjZax8G?usp=sharing 

The papers that have been written to describe this work are listed below.

  1. McGill, N., McLeod, S., & Hopf, S. C. (2021). Waiting list management: Professionals’ perspectives and innovations. Advances in Communication and Swallowing, 24, 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3233/ACS-210026 
  2. McGill, N., Crowe, K., & McLeod, S. (2020). “Many wasted months”: Stakeholders’ perspectives about waiting for speech-language pathology services. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(3), 313–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2020.1747541 
  3. McGill, N., & McLeod, S. (2019). Aspirations for a website to support families’ active waiting for speech-language pathology. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(3), 263–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1604802 
  4. McGill, N., & McLeod, S. (2020). Waiting list management in speech-language pathology: Translating research to practice. Speech, Language and Hearing, 23(1), 2–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2020.1716471 
  5.  McGill, N., McLeod, S., Crowe, K., Wang, C., & Hopf, S. C. (2021). Waiting lists and prioritization of children for services: Speech-language pathologists’ perspectives. Journal of Communication Disorders, 91, 106099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106099 
  6. McGill, N., McLeod, S., Ivory, N., Davis, E., & Rohr, K. (2021). Randomised controlled trial evaluating active versus passive waiting for speech-language pathology. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 73(4), 335-354. https://doi.org/10.1159/000508830 
  7.  McLeod, S., Davis, E., Rohr, K., McGill, N., Miller, K., Roberts, A., Thornton, S., Ahio, N., & Ivory, N. (2020). Waiting for speech-language pathology services: A randomised controlled trial comparing therapy, advice and device. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(3), 372–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2020.1731600

McGill, Crowe & McLeod (2020) was the most cited article in IJSLP in the past 3 years

 

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