Demonstrate, Advocate: Bring Your Value to Multidisciplinary Settings

What does it look like to bring value as a speech-language pathologist when productivity demands are real and time is limited?In this episode, I talk with Jaimie Anderson, SLP and clinical researcher at one of the nation’s first multidisciplinary swallowing centers. We get into what this looks like in practice. Not in ideal settings, but in the day-to-day. Hallway conversations. Documentation that answers questions before they’re asked. Building relationships with the right people over time.A big part of this conversation is the tension most clinicians feel. You know multidisciplinary care matters, but you don’t always have the structure or support to do it the way you’d like. Jaimie walks through how she has approached this, starting small and building from there rather than waiting for the system to change.We also spend time on diagnostic reasoning, especially how to handle uncertainty without stepping outside your role. Advocacy comes up throughout the conversation as well. Not just identifying problems, but bringing a direction with them. Over time, that tends to land differently.Personal Contact information:E-mail: [email protected] Social Media: jaimieandersonslpLinkedIn Jaimie AndersonSwallowing Symposium:https://health.usf.edu/medicine/internalmedicine/swallowing/annualswallowingsymposium-new/overviewSocial Media: usfswallowingsymposiumNeurological Disorders and the Speech-Language Pathologist​ Webinar:https://www.swallowthegap.com/neuroslp26Gap Education:https://swallowthegap.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/swallowpatho