This journal self-study emphasizes clinical decision-making in swallowing and dysphagia management. The articles focus on using data to make clinical decisions, finding noninvasive ways to screen healthy adults, and patient-reported side effects and tolerability of a specific assessment technique.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• discuss how data can be used to identify knowledge gaps, aid clinical decision-making, and possibly classify types of dysphagia
• explain ways to effectively screen healthy older adults for swallowing impairments
• describe the potential benefits and drawbacks of pharyngeal manometry

Learning Assessment
Online, multiple-choice exam