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Fiberoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (Basic FEES) Workshop 2015

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Date:

14 Dec 2015 - 15 Dec 2015

Time:

9:00am-6:00pm

Venue:

Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin

Speaker(s):

Invited Faculty: Sin Yong PHUA, Ph.D.

Biography of Speaker:

Sin Yong PHUA, Ph.D. is an experienced practising speech therapist with special interest in cognitive communication disorders as well as dysphagia. In 1997, she introduced FEES into the scope of practice for speech therapists in Singapore. Trained by Dr Susan Langmore, Dr Phua has performed over 5000 FEES procedures since her introduction and has trained speech therapists to perform FEES independently. Dr Phua completed her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Australia. In her doctoral studies, she used FEES and FEESST to determine the effect of gastro-oesophageal reflux on laryngeal sensitivity. She has published extensively in peer reviewed medical journals.

Admission:

Enrollment website:http://goo.gl/Ph8We8

Enquiries:

Secretariat: Ms. Rina To
Tel: (852) 3943 9609
Fax: (852) 3942 0969
Email: speechtherapy@ent.cuhk.edu.hk
Website: http://www.ihcr.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/events/main.htm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUHKSpeechTherapy

Event Details:

For the details of the seminar and workshop, please kindly refer to the website with link http://www.ihcr.cuhk.edu.hk/events/pdf/2015_Basic-FEES-promotion-flyer.pdf

Synopsis of Lecture:

Following the success of the FEES workshop 2008, 2009 & 2013, The Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & The Institute of Human Communicative Research of The Chinese University of Hong Kong are pleased to bring this workshop to you again at the end of this year. To cater to the needs of both novice and experienced clinicians working with dysphagic clients.

Remarks:

Advanced FEES is planned for 2016. Attendance at the Basic FEES workshop is a prerequisite for the Advanced FEES workshop.