Tampa Bay Medical Speech Pathology Association: MESPA

Join us this Sunday, October 8th, for a great MESPA presentation that will satisfy the requirement of Medical Errors for Florida SLP licensure!

Who: Michelle Harvey, M.S., CCC-SLP, of Tampa General Hospital

What: Prevention of Medical Errors for the SLP 

Where: Tampa General Hospital, Rehab Center, Room #201: Curtis Hixon Room

When: Sunday, October 8th, 6:00-8:00 pm

Why: For the purpose of continuing education in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and networking with professionals in the Tampa Bay Area. **(This presentation will satisfy the requirement of Medical Errors for Florida SLP state board licensure.)

Upcoming Scheduled MESPA Meetings:

1)   Sunday, January 14, 2018: Esophageal Dysphagia and Reflux by: Cory O’Brien M.S., CCC-SLP of Florida Hospital

2)   Saturday, April/2018: MESPA 4th Annual Symposium: Topic-TBA

3)   Sunday, July 8, 2018: AAC for Adults by: Sarah Holmes M.A., CCC-SLP of HealthSouth Rehab Hospital of Spring Hill

Good evening, MESPA friends! We have scheduled MESPA presentations for the next year and a half. Our next quarterly MESPA meeting is scheduled on Sunday, July 8th from 6:00-8:00 pm at Tampa General Hospital.

Who: Jennifer Ferreira, M.S., CCC-SLP, PhD Candidate in Psychology of John’s Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

What: Social Skills Groups for all our Pals

Where: Tampa General Hospital, Rehab Center, Room #201: Curtis Hixon Room

When: Sunday, July 8th, 6:00-8:00 pm

Why: For the purpose of continuing education in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and networking with professionals in the Tampa Bay Area.

Upcoming Scheduled MESPA Meetings:

1) Sunday, October 8, 2017: Medical Errors for the SLP by: Michelle Harvey M.S., CCC-SLP of Tampa General Hospital **(This presentation will satisfy the requirement of Medical Errors for Florida SLP state board licensure.)

2) Sunday, January 14, 2018: Esophageal Dysphagia and Reflux by: Cory O’Brien M.S., CCC-SLP of Florida Hospital

3) Saturday, April/2018: MESPA 4th Annual Symposium: Topic-TBA

4) Sunday, July 8, 2018: AAC for Adults by: Sarah Holmes M.A., CCC-SLP of HealthSouth Rehab Hospital of Spring Hill

5) Sunday, October 14, 2018: Bilingual Medical Speech-Language Pathology by: Michelle Gaudet M.S., CCC-SLP of Morton Plant/Mease Hospital and Tampa General Hospital

If you have any topics you would like presented or would like to speak on a specific subject, please email the MESPA team at: MESPA2013@gmail.com

If you have any questions or concerns regarding MESPA, or if anyone would like to be added to the MESPA email list, please email the MESPA team at: MESPA2013@gmail.com

As always, MESPA meetings are open to speech-language pathologists, as well as students in the field of speech-language pathology, and quarterly meetings are FREE for 2.0 hours (Florida state SLP CEU’s).

On Saturday, April 8, 2017, Tampa General Hospital hosted a wonderful symposium with Tampa Bay’s finest Speech-Language Pathologists as presenters. The agenda included the following for 7 hours of Florida State CEU’s:

8:00-10:00: Andrea Hayes M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-S

(Blake Medical Center): “Neuroanatomy Review for the SLP: From One Neuron to Another!”

10:15-11:15: Darla Freeman-LeVay M.A., CCC-SLP

(Florida ENT and Allergy): “Working With Parkinson’s:  A Review for the SLP”

11:15-12:15: Cheryl Paul M.S., CCC-SLP

(University of South Florida): “Group Therapy for Grown Folks.”

1:15-2:15: Erin Guidera M.S., CCC-SLP

(Moffitt Cancer Center): “Neurolaryngology and Neurogenic Voice Disorders”

2:30-4:30: Dr. Jackie Hinkley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

(Voices for Hope for Aphasia, Associate Professor Emeritus, USF): Five Evidence-Based Therapy Approaches that are Effective for Speech, Language, and Cognition.

Handouts for this Symposium are available on the MESPA blog:

https://tampabaymedicalspeechpathology.com/mespa-neuro-symposium/

Our next quarterly MESPA meeting is scheduled on Sunday, January 8th from 6:00-8:00 pm at Tampa General Hospital.

Who: Cynthia Williams Bowen, MS, CCC-SLP, Bowen Speech-Language Therapy, LLC
What: Obstructive Sleep Apnea, OPEs & SLP’s
Where: Tampa General Hospital, Rehab Center, Room #201: Curtis Hixon Room
When: Sunday, January 8th, 6:00-8:00 pm
Why: For the purpose of continuing education in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and networking with professionals in the Tampa Bay Area.

Cyndee has an excellent article that recently posted on the blog Dysphagia Cafe: http://dysphagiacafe.com/2016/12/18/sleep-disordered-breathing-role-slps/

Upcoming MESPA Meetings:

1) Saturday, April 8, 2017: MESPA 3rd Annual Symposium: Topic-Neurological Speech-Language Disorders. Registration will soon follow.

2) Sunday, July 9, 2017: TBA

3) Sunday, October 8, 2017: TBA

If you have any topics you would like presented or would like to speak on a specific subject, please email the MESPA team at: MESPA2013@gmail.com

If you have any questions or concerns regarding MESPA, or if anyone would like to be added to the MESPA emial list, please email the MESPA team at: MESPA2013@gmail.com

Visit the MESPA blog for additional information: http://tampabaymedicalspeechpathology.com

As always, MESPA meetings are open to speech-language pathologists, as well as students in the field of speech-language pathology, and quarterly meetings are FREE for 2.0 hours (Florida state SLP CEU’s).