Next Course: March 14-16 (in person) and 22-23 (virtual)

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Jumpstart Your Medical SLP Career!

The Humbert Swallowing Training Program presents a new way to step ahead of your traditional SLP graduate training with the only hands-on, immersive Modified Barium Swallowing (MBS) course. More than half of practicing SLPs in the United States report feeling neither prepared nor confident in providing dysphagia services post-graduation. The MBS Intensive Jumpstart Program offers experiential learning designed to prepare SLPs for real-world, clinical environments with firsthand experience in swallowing diagnostics (Clinical Swallowing Evaluations and Modified Barium Swallow Studies).

Jumpstart is a 5-day hybrid MBS Intensive course that is offered both in-person (three days: March 14-16) and virtually (two days: March 22-23). The in-person training will take place at The Swallowing Wellness Center - 4641 Montgomery Ave, Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20814.

What differentiates this program from any other:

• More than 50% of the course includes hands-on experiential learning through case-specific simulations with volunteer/standardized patients (individuals trained to replicate a clinical encounter or typical patient experience)

• One-on-one feedback to customize your learning needs

• Enhances clinical decision-making in real-time

• Exposure to most common clinical cases in real-world settings

• Personalized training with Dr. Humbert in the fluoroscopy suite

• Learn to write a great report!

• Small, personal group of 10 learners

What this course is not:

• A textbook

• All virtual

• All theoretical

• Intimidating

• A waste of your time and money

Instructors

Ianessa Humbert, Ph.D., SLP is a world-renowned scientist, researcher, educator, and highly sought-after speaker with expertise in swallowing and swallowing disorders. With over 400 speaking invitations from around the world, the most common feedback from attendees continues to be “This is the first time a course has really forced me to think about what I’m doing”.

Dr. Humbert’s teaching philosophy requires attendees to question everything they think they know before learning can begin. Dr. Humbert’s innovative training style has been funded by ASHFoundationand extends to non-traditional learning formats. She is the co-creator of the popular Down the Hatch podcast, CEO and co-founder of STEP and the CEO of Swallowing Wellness Center.

Natalie A. Ottey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Professor at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and Coordinator of the UDC Simulation, Teaching and Research (STAR) Lab in the Speech-Language Pathology Program, in Washington, DC.   With over 20 years of teaching, Dr. Ottey specializes in implementing the best practices in simulation to train students in the field of dysphagia.  Her innovative teaching approaches which emphasize hands-on practice to real-world application, have significantly advanced student preparedness in serving individuals with swallowing disorders.