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SLT-20021 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 17 March 2026

SLT-20021 - Dysphagia
Coordinator: Danielle Stretch
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

This module aims to provide you with the understanding required of a graduate speech and language therapist in relation to assessment and intervention in eating, drinking and swallowing impairments (dysphagia) so you are equipped to support service users and their carers in a variety of settings.

Aims
This module aims to enable apprentices to distinguish the aetiology and presentation of eating, drinking and swallowing disorders in both paediatric and adult populations. The module further aims to provide apprentices with knowledge in relation to assessment and intervention of eating, drinking and swallowing disorders in paediatric and adult populations.
The role of the speech and language therapist, and the involvement of other professionals, in providing care to people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties in a variety of settings is considered. Apprentices will be provided with opportunities to consider and understand the ethical and legal implications of withholding and withdrawing feeding and nutrition. The module further aims to provide apprentices with opportunities to consider the effects of swallowing difficulties on the psychosocial wellbeing of service users, their families and carers.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Discuss an assessment and management strategy to address eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
: 1
Determine how social, psychological and medical factors may contribute to service users' swallowing status.: 1
Discuss the effects of swallowing difficulties on the psychosocial wellbeing of service users, their families and carers
: 1

Study hours

30 hours tutor led active learning will include:
~ 16 hours synchronous interactive lectures
~ 6 hours asynchronous lectures
~ 6 hours synchronous workshops
~ 2 hours synchronous assessment preparation
120 hours of independent study will include:
~ 50 hours independent assessment preparation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Assignment weighted 100%
2500 word assignment
Apprentices will be asked to determine an assessment strategy and intervention plan in a case of their choosing from an adult acute and an adult long-term disorder relating to swallowing impairment.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 17 March 2026